Researchers didn’t want to glamorize cybercrims. So they roasted them

interview Cybercrime crews have become almost mystical entities, with security vendors assigning them names like Wizard Spider and Velvet Tempest.

They hide out in hidden corners of the dark web (often accompanied by a clearnet leak site), leading some infosec folks to talk about these miscreants as if they are invincible. But not everyone is on board with this trend.

Former CISA boss Jen Easterly and others have called on the industry to stop glamorizing these groups, and instead give them horrible names like "Scrawny Nuisance" or "Evil Ferret." 

During an interview with The Register at the RSA Conference, Trellix VP of threat intel John Fokker said he's sick of it, too. 

"I'm trying to spark a debate, or a healthy conversation, about what we can do as an industry," he said. "Everybody's glorifying threat actors, and that's not helping our customers or organizations. These are ...