Magdeburgo 2024: la complessità di un attacco semplice – by Sara Brzuszkiewicz & Marco Lombardi

Sticky21/12/2024TerrorismChristmas, Magdeburg, TaqiyyaMarco Lombardi

Taleb Al Abdulmohsen: saudita in Germania ma ostile all’immigrazione, arabo ma sionista, con background musulmano ma profondamente islamofobo, contrario all’oltranzismo religioso jihadista ma attentatore con modalità analoghe, ovvero il cosiddetto vehicle-ramming, l’auto lanciata a tutta velocità sulla folla.

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24Dic/24

Mapping the pro-Islamic State (IS) ecosystem on TikTok – by Alessandro Bolpagni

24/12/2024TerrorismIslamic State, Propaganda, Technology, TikTokMarco Lombardi

Since October 2024, ITSTIME has been monitoring and analysing the presence of pro-Islamic State (IS) propaganda content on the TikTok application. The research undertaken made it possible to initially identify more than 180 seed accounts, which were used to reconstruct a network of more than 140,000 users.

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20Dic/24

Sparatoria Abundant Life Christian School e il Manifesto di Samantha – by A. Pugnana & A. Bolpagni

20/12/2024SecurityRupnow, USAMarco Lombardi

Lunedì 16 dicembre 2024, la quindicenne Natalie Rupnow – conosciuta con lo pseudonimo Samantha – ha commesso una sparatoria presso la Abundant Life Christian School a Madison (Wisconsin, Stati Uniti d’America), uccidendo una compagna di scuola, un insegnante e ferendo sei ragazzi, prima di togliersi la vita.

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19Dic/24

From Data to Division 2 of 5: Artificial intelligence – by Daniele M. Barone

19/12/2024TechnologyAI, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, SecurityMarco Lombardi

The Human Touch in LLMs.

As previously analyzed, LLMs represent a significant step toward human-like AI interaction. While they lack true understanding, they learn to associate words and interpret meaning through data analysis.

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17Dic/24

Growing Danger: Jihadist Insurgencies in the Central Sahel – by William P. Ruocco

17/12/2024TerrorismAfrica, Jihad, SahelMarco Lombardi

Although many in the West associate the Middle East as being the main source of jihadism, deaths due to terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa have outpaced those in the Middle East for the past several years.

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11Dic/24

Mapping the Course of Salafi-jihadi Online Movements outside Rocket.Chat– By A. Bolpagni, A. Fisher, G. Porrino

11/12/2024TerrorismRocket Chat, Salafi, SNAMarco Lombardi

At the 14th Illicit Network Workshop hosted by the University of Leiden, ITSTIME presented findings from its study: “Navigating Beyond the Digital Safe Haven: Mapping the Course of Salafi-Jihadi Online Movements Outside Rocket.Chat Through URL Social Network Analysis (SNA)”.

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07Dic/24

From Data to Division 1 of 5: Artificial intelligence – by Daniele M. Barone

07/12/2024TechnologyAI, Artificial IntelligenceMarco Lombardi

First Article of Five – The Impact of Polarization and Digital Cacophony on AI-Generated Text – An Introduction

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03Dic/24

“Radicalizzazione, estremismi e nuove minacce” – nuova pubblicazione a cura di B. Lucini

03/12/2024ResearchBook, CounterR, RadicalizationMarco Lombardi

E’ uscito per Btt Edizioni a cura di Barbara Lucini il libro “Radicalizzazione, estremismi e nuove minacce”.  In uno scenario complesso e conflittuale diventa essenziale l’apporto delle scienze sociali nella lettura di questi fenomeni, nella identificazione di nuove minacce e nella promozione di una cultura personale e professionale che sia in grado di comprendere i cambiamenti in atto.

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