Security · 3h ago
Google launches its own cybercrime crew naming system
Google has introduced a new taxonomy for naming cybercrime groups, diverging from Microsoft and CrowdStrike's efforts to standardize industry-wide naming. The move aims to reduce confusion but risks fragmenting threat intelligence. Google's system will track groups across multiple sources to improve attribution accuracy.
Meridian48 take
While Google's independent taxonomy may improve internal consistency, it undermines the industry's push for unified naming, potentially complicating cross-vendor threat sharing.
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