The Newcomer’s Guide to Cyber Threat Actor Naming (original article from 2018)
I was driven by a deep frustration when I started my public “APT Groups and Operations” spreadsheet in 2015. I couldn’t understand why I had to handle so many different names for the same threat actor. Today (2018), I understand the reasons for the different names and would like to explain to them so newcomers stop asking for standardization. Off the record: you just reveal a lack of insight by demanding complete st
