Relative Cyberattack Attribution

As cybercrime continues to be an increasing and evolving threat, attention must turn toward long-term solutions. Simply blocking these attacks does not provide such long-term solutions, it only allows for cybercriminals to continually improve their attacks, which is relatively easy to do in the current environment. Attribution, leading to criminal justice, is one of the most promising ways to increase the risks associated with performing cybercrime, and therefore providing a way to reduce, in the long term, the prevalence of cybercrime. In this chapter, we investigate the concept of relative attribution, including the background, the techniques, and the limitations to the current approaches. We also investigate future research trends and possibilities.