Gaza and Crimea conflicts could have been predicted by monitoring cyber attacks

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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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