Google goes it alone with a new cybercrime crew taxonomy

Google has created a new taxonomy to describe cybercrime outfits, seemingly abandoning a Microsoft-led effort to create consistent names.

The Big G announced its new schema on Saturday in a post that notes its 2022 acquisition of Mandiant and its subsequent incorporation into a new team called the Google Threat Intelligence Group (CTIG).

Now that two have become one, Google reckons they need consistent naming conventions to describe cybercrime crews.

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Source:  The Register


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