European-Chinese geopolitical issues drive renewed cyberespionage campaign

Multiple CyberScoop reports describe a surge in high-impact cyber activity: Proofpoint attributes renewed European-targeting by TA416 to geopolitical tensions; a malicious supply‑chain compromise of the widely‑used axios library threatens large‑scale downstream developer and application compromise; ReliaQuest details DeepLoad, an AI-assisted credential‑stealing malware that obfuscates behavior, logs keystrokes, and re‑infects hosts after remediation; Iranian-linked Handala claims to have accessed the personal email of FBI Director Kash Patel (FBI says no government data taken); and an alleged