Confused at all the threat group names? You’re not alone. CrowdStrike and Microsoft want to change that

By Ross Kelly for IT PRO
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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Similarly, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has committed to the naming convention approach.

Ilia Kolochenko, CEO of ImmuniWeb, welcomed the move as a proactive step to creating a more aligned cyber defense ecosystem.

However, he questioned whether complete alignment can be achieved. The industry has “long lasting” issues with regard to unified defense efforts, he said.

“The creation of a unified naming framework for cyber threat actors is certainly a laudable idea, however, whether all other vendors will follow it remains largely uncertain,” he told ITPro.

“The cybersecurity industry knows many similar and long-lasting issues with unification, for example, vulnerability scoring frameworks remain a largely heterogeneous patchwork across different vendors and platforms,” Kolochenko added.

“Having said this, the existing diversity is not necessarily bad: it provides more ground for critical thinking and flexibility in sophisticated and ofttimes subjective questions of attack attribution or risk scoring.” Read Full Article