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Microsoft is revamping how anti-malware tools interact with the Windows kernel to avoid another CrowdStrike faulty update catastrophe. 

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: a possible Adobe Reader zero-day, researchers mistakenly hijack .mobi TLD, and an exploited WhatsApp View Once bypass.

Apple has released a patch for Vision Pro after researchers showed how an attacker can obtain passwords typed by looking at keys.

The recently observed Hadooken malware targeting Oracle WebLogic applications is linked to multiple ransomware families.

A joint report from the Committees on China and Homeland Security warns of the security risks posed by Chinese cranes in US ports.

The designation of UK data centers as Critical National Infrastructure strengthens cyber defenses, but a proposed £3.75B data center on protected Green Belt land sparks debate.

A 17-year-old from England has been arrested by the NCA over the recent cyberattack on Transport for London.

Doctor Web warns of the new Vo1d Android malware infecting roughly 1.3 million TV boxes running older OS versions.

GitLab has released security updates to resolve multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab CE/EE, including a critical-severity pipeline execution flaw.

Fortinet has confirmed suffering a data breach impacting customers after a hacker leaked files allegedly stolen from the company.

The prospect of criminal charges comes as the Justice Department has raised alarms about aggressive efforts by countries including Russia and Iran to meddle in the presidential election.

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Janet Rathod has been named VP and CISO at Johns Hopkins University.

Barbara Larson has joined SentinelOne as Chief Financial Officer.

Amy Howland has been named Partner and CISO at Guidehouse.

Exabeam has appointed Kish Dill as Chief Customer Success Officer.

Cloud networking firm Aviatrix has named John Qian as CISO.

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Microsoft is revamping how anti-malware tools interact with the Windows kernel to avoid another CrowdStrike faulty update catastrophe. 

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The designation of UK data centers as Critical National Infrastructure strengthens cyber defenses, but a proposed £3.75B data center on protected Green Belt land sparks debate.

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Fortinet has confirmed suffering a data breach impacting customers after a hacker leaked files allegedly stolen from the company.

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Financial services giant Mastercard is acquiring Recorded Future from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.6 billion.

Hackers believed to be operating on behalf of the Iranian government have deployed malware to Iraqi government networks. 

Intel on Tuesday published advisories covering more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting processors and other products.

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On demand IT security risk and compliance solutions provider, Qualys, and RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), have expanded their technology partnership to make QualysGuard vulnerability management and IT policy compliance data available to RSA’s client base.

Top 10 Malware Threats for AprilSunbelt Software has announced the top 10 most prevalent malware threats for the month of April 2010. With nine of ten detections from March still on the list for April, it shows continued prevalence of Trojan horse programs circulating on the Internet. A new loader for a rogue security product making it into the top 10.

IT security and data protection firm Sophos announced that it has reached an agreement to sell a majority interest in the company to private equity group Apax Partners. The transaction will value the company at $830 million. Following the transaction, the founders of Sophos will retain a significant minority shareholding.

SecurityWeek staff has confirmed that portable storage, authentication, and trusted virtual computing solutions provider, IronKey, has raised $22 million in venture capital funding.

Managed information security services provider, SecureWorks, Inc., announced today the hire of Colonel Barry R. Hensley, former Director of the Army's Global Network Operations and Security Center. Hensley will be joining as Vice President of SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit.

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