Watch Firewall Online Ibtimes' title='Watch Firewall Online Ibtimes' />What are Isis hackers up to now United Cyber Caliphate dabbling in malware creation. Islamic State IS hacking divisions made headlines last year as reports on their alleged hacking spree and kill lists emerged. Pro ISIS hackers made headlines again recently after defacing several international government websites, indicating that the extremists groups cyber division may be levelling up their skills and expanding their target base. One of the extremist groups known cyber arm, the United Cyber Caliphate UCC has reportedly been spotted now dabbling in malware creation. Security experts have previously said that pro Isis hackers appear to have low level technical skills. Experts say that although pro ISIS hackers online propaganda and internal communication techniques may appear advanced, their actual cyber skills, including hacking tools and techniques employed are rudimentary at best. This theory was backed up by Kyle Wilhoit, senior security researcher with Domain. Tools, who has been analysing the cyber capabilities of Isis hacking divisions, including the UCC. Their relative overall technical expertise is low, Wilhoit said, Dark. Reading reported. The hacker groups Do. S denial of service attack modus operandi MO is similar to a crowdsourced attack, the likes of which were launched by the hacktivist collective Anonymous in its peak. Isis use of Telegram eclipses Twitter, making it the app of choice for jihadists. Instead of exploiting botnets, their denial of service attacks are being executed through Windows applications on multiple hosts, Wilhoit said. According to the security researcher, Isis hackers are also testing out other cybercriminals tools and appear to be trying their hand and creating their own tools. Isis hackers experimenting with cyber toolsThey are also leveraging what cybercriminals use, he added, seemingly test driving malware development toolsets. Just recently, with this research. I found them dabbling in the creation of malware. The researcher said that he discovered the UCC using a popular underground cybercrime toolset called Ancalog Exploit Builder to create fake HTML pages. Watch Regression Download. That piece of malware looked like it was in the development phase. It wasnt weaponized, Wilhoit added. According to Ken Wolf, senior analyst of cyber terror research at Flashpoint backed up Wilhoits claims of ISIS hackers do not posses skilled or sophisticated Do. S attack techniques. However, Wolf said that his team spotted ISIS supporters employing a downloadable Do. S tool they named Caliphate Cannon in an unspecified top tier ISIS forum. The anatomy of a Cyber Jihad analysing the evolution and future of terrorism in cyberspace. Wolf said that the tool was written by a forum member, who appears to be an entry level coder. The Do. S tool was used in attacks in January, primarily against targets in the Middle East. Weve seen other cases where actors have been aggregating. But theres nothing that weve seen thats suggesting they are using those to inspire their own tool development. The greatest value that these actors provide is in their propaganda value. Looking at their toolsets, I found that ultimately as it stands right now they dont have advanced enough technological capability to cause a major problem Wilhoit said. He however cautioned that ISIS hackers could become a bigger threat in the future. At a press conference on Sunday, angry citizens ran off Jason Kessler, the organizer of a disastrous rally for white supremacists, neoNazis and other members of the. NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson will return to Earth as the planets new record holder for longest time cumulatively spent on space by an American or a. Dwindling activities may indicate manpower loss from ground battle. Isis hackers are known to communicate to each other and spread propaganda via encrypted chat apps such as Telegram. However, according to Wolf, there has been no chatter on Telegram or any real cyber activities from UCC since April. The researcher said that this could indicate a loss in manpower from ground battle in Raqqa and Mosul. Weve seen over the past year a few instances in which the United Cyber Caliphate or other groups aligned with it have announced members of their teams were killed in Syria. Most recently in March a UCC leader was killed in an airstrike in Syria, Wolf said. But theres a lot of uncertainty who these actors are, or where they might be. Wilhoit said that users concerned about defending against cyber terror groups such as the UCC dont need any specialised security services apart from state of the art firewall and incorporating basic security practices. If you follow basic security precautions, most of these attacks can be blocked. They are not using infected botnets to perform denial of service attacks, he said. Im somewhat surprised that they are not further along than this, he added, commenting on UCCs cyber capabilities. ISIS supporters employing a downloadable Do. S tool they named Caliphate Cannon in an unspecified top tier ISIS forum. Dado RuvicReuters. Chinas Great Firewall blocks 25 of all internet sites under Xi Jinping. Watch Firewall Online Ibtimes' title='Watch Firewall Online Ibtimes' />Watch Jason Kessler, Organizer Behind Disastrous White Supremacist Rally, Get Run Out of His Own Press Conference. At a press conference on Sunday, angry citizens ran off Jason Kessler, the organizer of a disastrous rally for white supremacists, neo Nazis and other members of the so called alt right in Charlottesville, Virginia that ended in mass violence this weekend. Local paralegal Heather Heyer died and dozens were injured after suspected member of neo Nazi group Vanguard America ran over counter protesters with his car, while two police officers died in a helicopter crash. The hundreds of event attendees staged brawls in the streets with anti racist activists while guarded by rifle toting militiamen, all largely with impunity from the police. So yeah, there might be a reason Charlottesville simply wasnt interested in whatever Kessler has to say. According to a video posted by WVIR TVs Henry Graff, members of the crowd chanted shame as Kessler approached the podium. Kessler, for what its worth, seemed to be doing his best to incite the crowd. Today I just want to come before you, and I want to tell you the story of what really happened before this narrative is allowed to continue spinning out of control, Kessler started his vile statement. The hate that you hear around you That is the anti white hate that fueled what happened yesterday. What happened yesterday was the result of Charlottesville police officers refusing to do their job. I disavow anything that led to folks getting hurt, Kessler continued. It is a sad day in our constitutional democracy when we are not able to have civil liberties like the First Amendment. Thats what leads to rational discussion and ideas breaking down and people resorting to violence. That sounds an awful lot like a threat of continued violence if white supremacists dont get their way thinly veiled as an appeal to discourse, and Charlottesville residents seemed more than done listening. In a video tweeted by Buzz. Feed News Blake Montgomery, the crowd swarmed the podium. Subsequent photos and videos showed Kessler being rushed away by police in body armor. Her name was Heather, sir a man shouted at Kessler as he was escorted to a police station. Her name was Heather, Jason. Her blood is on your hands. Of course, Kessler didnt have anything else to say for himself worth hearing. In a subsequent video posted by journalist Brook Silva Braga, he responded to the question about the death by again saying the real cause was the denial of First Amendment rights to him and his compatriots. Kessler also denied any personal responsibility whatsoever for what occurred, saying I dont know what happened.