http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11034421/Gaza-and-Crimea-conflicts-could-have-been-predicted-by-monitoring-cyber-attacks.html
By Harriet Alexander
telegraph.co.uk
14 Aug 2014
Surges in cyber attacks could be used as an early warning system to
predict conflicts between countries, researchers from an internet security
company have found.
Before both the recent Gaza conflict and the annexation of Crimea analysts
noted a spike in "malware" – malicious software – sending out messages.
"We can see the digital equivalent of troops on the border," said Kevin
Thompson, a threat analyst for FireEye – the security company which
carried out the research.
Many countries are now using malware to both gather intelligence and
actively attack targets in hostile countries.
"If the US, or Korea, or Japan was about to go to war, you would see a
bump in callbacks – it's just part and parcel of today's national security
undertakings," said Kenneth Geers, one of the researchers.
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