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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12Nov/24

Attacks against Israelis in Amsterdam: security and counterterrorism  perspectives –  by Maria Chr.Alvanou

12/11/2024SecurityAmsterdam, Gaza, Israel, TerrorismMarco Lombardi

The spillover in the West of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the October 7th 2023 attack  by Hamas against Israel has been the subject of much discussion by terrorism and extremism experts[1].

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20Ott/24

SPOTREP: the FBI arrest of an Afghan ISIS operative in Oklahoma City. The need for a paradigm shift in security – by Emilio Palmieri

20/10/2024TerrorismAfghanistan, FBI, ISIS, USAMarco Lombardi

On October 8, 2024, the Justice Department in a press release announced the arrest of an Afghan national residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

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