ISIS Cybersecurity Magazine Warns of ‘Nightmare’ Windows in ‘Fierce War’ Online

Homeland Security Today: A new 24-page cybersecurity magazine for ISIS supporters walks jihadists through step-by-step security for smartphones — while encouraging them to use a computer instead for more secure terror-related business — and warns of “nightmare” Windows collecting user data from geolocation to browsing history.

The inaugural issue of “The Supporter’s Security,” published in English and Arabic versions, was produced by the Electronic Horizons Foundation, which launched in January 2016 as an IT help desk of sorts to walk ISIS supporters through how to encrypt their communications and otherwise avoid detection online while coordinating with and recruiting jihadists.

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