Apple's worldwide warning on mercenary attacks.

This CyberWire Daily briefing summarizes recent cybersecurity developments: Apple warned iPhone users in 92 countries of targeted mercenary spyware attacks; CISA is expanding its automated Malware Next-Gen service; US Cyber Command reported 'hunt forward' operations; a taxi software vendor exposed nearly 300K customer records; Trend Micro documented Earth Hundun's Waterbear/DeuterBear malware evolution; the BatBadBut flaw enables command injection on Windows; attackers manipulated GitHub search and malicious PowerShell scripts potentially generated by AI were observed—covering malware, APT activity, vulnerabilities, and data exposure across both public- and private-sector targets.