Few days ago Microsoft announced they are moving away from their previous naming convention for threat actors, which was based on chemical elements from the periodic table, to a new one aligned to the theme of weather. [1][2] As expected, this caused an avalanche of comments and takes on it (and this is yet another one :) ), but surprisingly I found a lot of superficial criticisms without an actual critical look at what this change means and the reasoning behind.

Here we go, this is the due title for any “first” thing :) I have recently decided to quit my $dayjob and take some time off to focus, other than myself, on some research ideas on malware analysis, threat intelligence and threat hunting that I have never had the time to properly do… but also to read and write. Writing is a great exercise for many reasons. First, by putting things down it helps clarify and solidify your own thoughts in your head.