RUSI JournalVOLUME 171ISSUE 2

Characterising Cyber Cognitive Attacks

Cognitive attacks directly target humans’ subconsciousness. Courtesy of Oleksandr/Adobe Stock

Cognitive attacks directly target humans’ subconsciousness. Courtesy of Oleksandr/Adobe Stock


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.  

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Bonnie Rushing

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Shouhuai Xu

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