NCSC Points To National Security Threats From Russia, China

By Tom Jowitt for Silicon UK
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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Another expert expressed caution when attributing cyber-attacks to particular nation states.

“The National Cyber Security Centre does a laudable job with proactive, preventive and educative efforts in the cyberspace,” said Ilia Kolochenko, founder and CEO of web security company ImmuniWeb.

“Their transparent communications with the stakeholders are likewise greatly beneficial and serve as a decent example to other European countries,” said Kolochenko. “I would, however, be prudent with attack attribution by geography, especially when we are talking about APTs and otherwise sophisticated attacks.”

“For example, it is not that infrequent to see cybercriminals purposely taking control of law enforcement IT infrastructure and using it as an exit point when currying out intrusions,” said Kolochenko. “Political tensions and the complexities of international criminal law exacerbate an already overly complicated incident forensics process, often making breaches technically uninvestigable. Thus, reliable attack attribution remains a highly complicated challenge today.” Read Full Article