You won’t associate pictures of cats and food with terrorists.

But that is what some of them are doing to cover their tracks, said a terrorism specialist at a homeland security conference here.

Madam Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin is an associate research fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).

She was giving a talk on “Social media – Boon or Bane for Counter-terrorism?” at the Milipol Asia-Pacific 2017, an international exhibition and conference featuring technology and equipment related to homeland security. The three-day event, which ended yesterday, was held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre.