1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1096+ words) In our last Cyber Legends interview with Arjung Narang, we explored the technology behind Symantec® CBX—how it came together, what problems it solves, and why organizations are increasingly turning to unified security platforms to outpace sophisticated attacks. This time,…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (629+ words) Attackers are practical. If they can borrow your tools, why bring their own? A signed binary, A remote management utility. A script interpreter doing exactly what it was installed to do. None of it looks inherently hostile. That’s what continues…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (462+ words) A previously unseen ransomware family, named Spirals by its operators, was deployed in a double extortion attack against an IT services company in South Asia in June 2026, the Symantec Threat Hunter Team can reveal. The Rust-based payload is either a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (618+ words) Analysis of a recent GodDamn ransomware attack indicates that this seemingly new ransomware is in fact the latest rebrand of the Beast ransomware, which in itself was a rebrand of the Monster ransomware, which was first seen in 2022. The Symantec…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (621+ words) Encryption is the bedrock of digital trust. It protects our financial transactions, secures our private conversations, and ensures data integrity across the web. For security professionals, encryption creates a different challenge. The very technology designed to protect users and data…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (655+ words) Whether I’m working the booth at Black Hat or speaking at BSides, the same questions seem to come up. Everyone wants to know about Extended Detection and Response (XDR). So let me take a chance to answer some of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (411+ words) We’re nearly halfway through 2026, but it’s already been a busy year for us at Broadcom. The announcement of Symantec® CBX brewed up a storm of industry attention around a key idea: enterprise-grade security should be available for all, proven in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (423+ words) The attackers also weaponized DLL hijacking against the VirtualBox application. By forcing a legitimate, signed executable to load their malicious DLL, they bypassed security monitoring and achieved code execution with the high privileges of the trusted VirtualBox process. The group…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (815+ words) For years, security teams benefited from one critical advantage: time. Even when vulnerabilities existed, attackers needed to find, validate, and weaponize them before they could cause damage. That window of time, however small, gave defenders a chance to patch, compensate,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (309+ words) Not only do these breaches decimate the bottom line for enterprises trying to stay afloat in a time of great change, they also destroy trust—a pillar even more valuable than money. Without it, institutions die. Lost trust is especially…...