Norton wants to protect small businesses (and influencers) with dark web and social media monitoring

• Norton’s new monitoring features arrive during a record-breaking surge in breaches
• Dark web forums increasingly trade sensitive business identifiers with alarming speed
• Social media scams multiply, hitting small businesses where reputations are fragile

Small businesses face an increasingly difficult online environment, with both financial and reputational threats emerging from unexpected directions.

Attackers are becoming more precise in how they target smaller organizations and individual influencers who often lack the best ransomware protection or enterprise-level defenses.

According to Norton, cyber breaches aimed at small businesses rose more than 50% in 2025, and data exposure overall increased 21% quarter over quarter.

Small businesses are increasingly caught in ...