Microsoft shifts to a new threat actor naming taxonomy

I was wondering why the new name for Cozy Bear was Midnight Blizzard. Here is the &quot;new&quot; Microsoft sanctioned naming convention.<p>And this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;learn.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;microsoft-365&#x2F;security&#x2F;intelligence&#x2F;microsoft-threat-actor-naming" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;learn.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;microsoft-365&#x2F;security&#x2F;int...</a>

NEW_THREAT_ACTOR_MEMBER_A: &quot;Guys, let&#x27;s find a cool name for the team.&quot;<p>NEW_THREAT_ACTOR_MEMBER_B: &quot;Nah. Microsoft will do it for us.&quot;

Better than APTXYZ, but it’s still impossible to remember more than three of these.