• 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. • HaveI BeenPwned 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 DeepSeek. The whole EU may follow. • Cloudflare throttled in Russia? • What must the U.S. do to compete in global exploit acquisition?