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Volume 341, Issue 2 · 7 articles from 3 issues

In This Issue

• Daxin Returns: Stealthy Malware Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside a New Backdoor
• Spirals: New Stealthy Ransomware Deployed Against Asian IT Company
• You Can't Patch Your Way Out of AI
• AI-Ready PAM: When Your Identity Security Solution Talks Back
• The Detection Gap: MITRE ATT&CK T1053.005
• Things You Won't Want to Miss at Black Hat USA 2026
• 11 Reasons Native Telemetry Correlation Matters in XDR

Daxin Returns: Stealthy Malware Resurfaces in Taiwan Alongside a New Backdoor (Symantec, Wednesday, July 15th, 2026)

Symantec found the China-linked Daxin rootkit active again in Taiwan alongside a previously unknown backdoor called Stupig. Read more

Spirals: New Stealthy Ransomware Deployed Against Asian IT Company (Symantec, Thursday, July 16th, 2026)

Symantec detailed Spirals, a new Rust-based double-extortion ransomware used against a South Asian IT services firm in June 2026. Read more

You Can't Patch Your Way Out of AI (Symantec, Tuesday, August 11th, 2026)

Symantec argues patching faster is the wrong response to AI-accelerated attacks and urges resilience instead. Read more

AI-Ready PAM: When Your Identity Security Solution Talks Back (Symantec, Monday, August 10th, 2026)

Symantec proposes using MCP so AI can query privileged access management data in natural language. Read more

The Detection Gap: MITRE ATT&CK T1053.005 (Symantec, Thursday, August 6th, 2026)

Symantec's Detection Gap series examines MITRE ATT&CK T1053.005 scheduled task abuse. Read more

Things You Won't Want to Miss at Black Hat USA 2026 (Symantec, Tuesday, August 4th, 2026)

Symantec previews Black Hat USA 2026 sessions on weaponized drivers, governance, and IoT malvertising. Read more

11 Reasons Native Telemetry Correlation Matters in XDR (Symantec, Friday, August 7th, 2026)

Symantec gives eleven reasons native telemetry correlation matters in XDR platforms. Read more

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