Cyber Attribution: What is It good for? | TrendLabs

TrendLabs analyzed the EyePyramid attacks—spear-phishing-driven malware intrusions targeting high-profile individuals in the U.S., Japan, and Europe—and found significant data theft despite the attackers being an amateur sibling pair rather than state-sponsored actors; the report stresses the difficulty and pitfalls of cyber attribution and recommends focusing on defending valuable assets and common attacker TTPs rather than pursuing uncertain attribution.