US intel chiefs urge lawmakers to extend Section 702 surveillance power without changes

2026-03-19T20:52:08Z3c983a7ccb374d8c40eaa799e6e030c80d8b1c05d17a92b21c49293f83878fdf
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Collection of security and policy news: US intelligence leaders urged Congress to extend Section 702 surveillance authority without changes; researchers uncovered Android malware embedded in TV streaming apps that harvests passwords, banking data and users’ personal notes; FBI and CISA warned about risks in Microsoft Intune after an Iran-linked group compromised Intune to wipe Stryker’s data without using malware; the White House rejected speculation about issuing cyber “letters of marque”; and Amazon reported the Interlock ransomware gang exploited a zero-day in Cisco firewalls weeks before a

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