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

Multiple security and policy developments: US intelligence chiefs urged Congress to renew Section 702 surveillance authority without changes; researchers uncovered new Android malware embedded in TV streaming apps that steals passwords, banking data and snoops on personal notes; FBI and CISA warned of risks after an Iran-linked intrusion into Stryker’s Microsoft Intune environment that wiped data without using malware; the White House publicly rejected proposals to authorize private-sector offensive cyber operations (“letters of marque”); and Amazon reported that the Interlock ransomware gang/