‘Midnight Blizzard’, ‘Cozy Bear’ and more …How Microsoft, Google and other tech companies plans to untangle weird hacker nicknames

Microsoft, Google, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks have announced that they will create a public glossary for state-sponsored hacking groups and cybercriminals. The goal is to reduce confusion caused by numerous unofficial nicknames for these entities. Microsoft and CrowdStrike expressed hopes of involving other industry partners and the US government in this effort to identify threat actors.

“We do believe this will accelerate our collective response and collective defense against these threat actors,” stated Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president at Microsoft Security.