ISIS App: Terrorist Group Launches Secure Android Messaging Application

A new ISIS app that allows members of the terrorist organization, also known as the Islamic State, ISIL, and Daesh, to receive media broadcasts as well as send and receive encrypted messages, untraceable by the FBI and other authorities, has been discovered by internet-security group GhostSec, as reported by Fortune.

Prior to the release of the ISIS Android app, the group was said to have been using the Telegram messaging app, according to Business Insider. Telegram allows users to communicate with large groups of users. Somewhat like WhatsApp, but with more features, Telegram is described as allowing users to destroy messages they send with a timer, as well as offering a high level of security.

After the November ISIS attacks in Paris, as reported by the Inquisitr, Telegram was reported to have begun shutting down channels affiliated with ISIS. In response, ISIS was said to have taken steps to create hidden Telegram channels, undetectable unless provided with a link by an administrator or another user.

Another ISIS app, Amaq Agency, was reported to have been distributed through Telegram, allowing the terrorist group to stream media broadcasts and news. The server that hosted the Amaq Agency app is said to have since disappeared, and the app itself has been replaced with a new one.

The newest app is described as being similar to the Amaq Agency app with the addition of secure message features.

ISIS is said to also encourage users to copy and paste new information in social media, rather than using share functions, as a means of subverting detection by website administrators and authorities.

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