RUSI JournalVOLUME 171ISSUE 2
Characterising Cyber Cognitive Attacks
Bonnie Rushing and Shouhuai Xu
9 March 2026Long Read
This research article aims to deepen understanding of cyber cognitive attacks by proposing a methodology to characterise them. The author apply the methodology to conduct a case study based on 100 references. This leads to a novel definition of cognitive attacks, detection design, applications and requirements for effective defences against cognitive attacks.
WRITTEN BY
Bonnie Rushing
Shouhuai Xu
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