Another Israeli spyware vendor surfaces.
Win11 to delete restore points more quickly.
The EU accelerates its plans to abandon Microsoft Azure.
The EU sets timelines for Post-Quantum crypto adoption.
Russia to create a massive IMEI database.
Canada and the UK create the "Common Good Cyber Fund".
U.S. states crack down on Bitcoin ATMs amid growing scams.
Congressional staffers cannot use WhatsApp on gov devices.
LibXML2 and the problems with commercial use of OSS.
A(nother) remote code execution vulnerability in WinRAR.
Have-I-Been-Pwned gets a cool data visualization site.
How is ransomware getting in?
Windows to offer "safe" non-kernel endpoint security?
Proactive age verification coming to porn sites. How?
Canada (also) says "bye bye" to Hikvision.
Germany will be banning DeekSeek. The whole EU may follow.
Cloudflare throttled in Russia?
What must the U.S. do to compete in global exploit acquisition?

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