
On January 29, ISIS released a new video from the group’s self-proclaimed province in Kirkuk, Iraq. New ISIS Video Released on Numerous Websites Pro-ISIS Electronic Horizon Foundation dark web site, located January 31, 2019. The Horizon dark website offers a variety of information on online anonymity, counter-surveillance and safe communications. It is also similar to an ISIS dark web propaganda depository (that is now available on the surface web). Sites on the dark web can only be accessed semi-anonymously, and are notoriously difficult to remove. Increased counter-surveillance and web security can pose significant challenges for law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as they seek to intercept and disrupt terrorist communications. “Unlike on surface web sites, it is significantly harder to remove terror content from the dark web due to its generally hidden and dispersed nature. As regulators step up their efforts to remove ISIS from the Internet, the dark web represents another challenge that will have to be addressed in the future.” “Horizon and their site on the dark web shows the ways in which ISIS and other terror groups will grow and modify their online presence over time,” said CEP researcher Joshua Fisher-Birch. Operating systems include iOS, Android, Windows and Linux. Pro-ISIS Information Security and Tech Support Website Located on the Dark WebĬEP researchers located a site on the dark web this week for the pro-ISIS Electronic Horizon Foundation, also known as Horizon. Horizon was founded in January 2016 in order to improve the web security of ISIS and their online supporters. The website, accessible with Tor, a web browser that anonymizes one’s web traffic, is available in Arabic, English and French. Platforms covered include Telegram, Riot, Signal and OONI probe.


Today’s edition shows ISIS’ presence on the dark web, in addition to several new websites that have posted radical and violent content.

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Contact Us CEP Report Finds Recent ISIS Efforts To Spread Propaganda
