By John Leyden, 1 Jul 2014

 

raq's bloody civil war has spilled over onto the internet, notes a researcher that has spotted a large increase in cyber-espionage tools and other forms of malware.

Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) group have made extensive use of social media to spread slickly produced propaganda as an accompaniment to their advances into northern Iraq. This has led to restrictions on social media (now partially relaxed) and blocks on various websites by Iraq's ISPs.

http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6978/reg_security/front&sz=300x250%7C300x600&tile=3&c=33U7KupqwQrMoAAGfmCkEAAACQ&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26unitname%3Dwww_top_mpu%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0What's gone largely unreported, by comparison, is the accompanying sharp increase in malware activity in the strife-torn country.

 

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