Stryker attack highlights nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity amid joint U.S.-Israel conflict

A CyberScoop news roundup covering multiple high-impact cyber events: an apparent Iranian-linked attack on medical device maker Stryker (attributed to actors linked to 'Handala'); the global takedown of the SocksEscort proxy/botnet that abused routers and IoT devices across 163 countries; concerns about public apathy toward China-linked group Salt Typhoon and its telecom targeting; the arrest of a DigitalMint negotiator allegedly running ransomware and enabling extortion; repeated Salesforce Experience Cloud compromises tied to the ShinyHunters group; tensions between new U.S. cybercrime/exec‑