What Is IP Attribution, and Why Is It Doomed? | UpGuard

This article explains why IP addresses are poor identifiers for security attribution, emphasizing how spoofing, shared cloud infrastructure, NAT, and dynamic addressing undermine reliable source identification. It warns that policy proposals enabling "hack back" could lead to misattribution and collateral damage, and advocates using more robust, less transient signals for threat intelligence. The piece concludes by promoting UpGuard’s risk and vendor management solutions for improving organizational security posture.