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Broadcom Software's Symantec Threat Hunter Team discovers first-of-its-kind ransomware

Tech Republic Security

The new ransomware family, called Yanluowang, appears to still be under development and lacks some sophisticated features found in similar code. Nonetheless, Symantec said, it's dangerous.

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Generative AI and the Transformation of Everything

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s important to note here that generative AI today is a content development engine. ChatGPT can tell you the ways attackers have broken into a particular operating system; it can’t independently develop a new way that’s never been done before. Symantec and generative AI Symantec has a long history with AI.

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Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Good or Evil?

CIO Business Intelligence

Generative AI has taken the world seemingly by storm, impacting everything from software development, to marketing, to conversations with my kids at the dinner table. Abuse by Attackers: There have also been concerns raised that attackers will leverage Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT to develop novel new attacks.

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Chinese Cyber Espionage Campaign Targeting U.S. Telecommunications

SecureWorld News

authorities and new research from Symantec's Threat Hunter Team shed light on a sophisticated, multi-pronged cyber espionage campaign targeting U.S. Symantec's Threat Hunter Team has now revealed details of another related attack targeting a large U.S. Recent disclosures from U.S. telecommunications networks and other organizations.

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VMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news

Network World

Broadcom repackages VMware SASE, adds Symantec security February 27, 2024: Broadcom revived the VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN branding and tied that technology with Broadcom’s Symantec Enterprise Cloud security service edge offering to create its single-vendor SASE package. VMware customers would be wise to have an exit plan.”

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1,859 Mobile Apps, Mostly iOS, Found Storing Hard-Coded Credentials for AWS Databases

IT Toolbox

Symantec research spotlights the gaping holes in secure upstream mobile application development and its potential consequences to data security and privacy. The post 1,859 Mobile Apps, Mostly iOS, Found Storing Hard-Coded Credentials for AWS Databases appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Paying the WannaCry ransom will probably get you nothing. Here's why.

Network World

Instead, victims have to wait and hope WannaCry’s developers will remotely free the hostage computer over the internet. The odds of getting back their files decrypted is very small," said Vikram Thakur, technical director at security firm Symantec.

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