Google is creating a new naming scheme for the bad actors behind cybersecurity threats, hoping that it will help to standardize the way that attacks are reported. Spoiler: It won’t.
Security researchers use these naming schemes so that they can attribute attacks without necessarily knowing exactly who is behind them. Google had naming schemes in use internally: one developed by its own Threat Analysis Group (TAG), and one developed by Mandiant, now a Google subsidiary.  
Now they will both use a new naming scheme developed by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG replacing the previous systems based on sequential numbers or vague identifiers.
The new method of naming will involve a two-word...