Cyber attribution: Vigilance or distraction?

Cyber attribution is a process by which security analysts collect evidence, build timelines and attempt to piece together evidence in the wake of a cyberattack to identify the responsible organization/individuals. Cyber threat attribution stems from the core psychology of a human being. Fritz Heider, who is considered to be the father of attribution theory, explained it as the way humans “reconcile perceptions and observations in their quest for understanding”. Attribution is not a problem limited … More →

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