Malware Attribution: Should We Identify the Crooks Who Deploy It?

Brian Krebs asks: What makes one novel strain of malicious software more dangerous or noteworthy than another? Is it the sheer capability and feature set of the new malware, or are these qualities meaningless without also considering the skills, intentions and ingenuity of the person wielding it? Most experts probably would say it's important to consider attribution insofar as it is knowable, but it's remarkable how seldom companies that regularly publish reports on the latest criminal innovations go the extra mile to add context about the crooks apparently involved in deploying those tools.

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Re:Why WOULDN'T you?

[requerdanos]

Of *course* they publish the names of suspects. Heck, where I live you can go to the county website and see names and photos of people arrested on suspicion of a crime, who have not been convicted, most of whom will never be convicted. You can try it out here.