US senators request transparency surrounding the UK's demands for encryption backdoors.

This CyberWire roundup highlights several high-impact security developments: UK demands for encryption access and US political responses; nomination for CISA director; UNC3886 (China-aligned) deploying custom backdoors on Juniper Junos routers; a new 'SuperBlack' ransomware leveraging recently patched Fortinet vulnerabilities; mass exploitation of a critical PHP RCE (CVE-2024-4577); multiple vendors issuing emergency patches including actively exploited zero-days; the extradition of an alleged LockBit developer; and a lawsuit over a large Allstate customer data exposure.