Windows outage: CrowdStrike blames bug in testing software; CEO says 'deeply sorry'
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Windows outage: CrowdStrike blames bug in testing software; CEO says 'deeply sorry'

Hindustan Times  

CrowdStrike's faulty update for millions of Windows users brought the world to a standstill last Friday—after their computers got stuck in boot loops and displayed the ‘Blue Screen of Death’ error. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz claimed that over 97% percent of Windows computers affected by the recent outage are now back to being functional. CrowdStrike says that the content update was intended to “gather telemetry on possible novel threat techniques,” but it contained a problematic content configuration that reportedly caused over 8.5 million computers running sensor version 7.11 and above to crash. This was due to a “bug in the Content Validator.” When this update reached Windows devices, “problematic content in Channel File 291 resulted in an out-of-bounds memory read triggering an exception.

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CrowdStrike prepares to face questions in US congress over global IT outage
3 months ago

CrowdStrike prepares to face questions in US congress over global IT outage

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm at …

Microsoft CrowdStrike IT outage: cybersecurity firm exec to testify before Congress on IT outage
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Microsoft CrowdStrike IT outage: cybersecurity firm exec to testify before Congress on IT outage

The Hindu  

A senior executive at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on September 24 on the company's faulty software update that caused a global IT outage. Adam Meyers, senior vice president for counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, will testify before the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee, the panel said Friday. "Considering the …

CrowdStrike reveals how huge Microsoft outage that led to global chaos actually happened
4 months, 4 weeks ago

CrowdStrike reveals how huge Microsoft outage that led to global chaos actually happened

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Due to a bug in the Content Validator, one of the two Template Instances passed validation despite …

CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
5 months ago

CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. The company on Wednesday posted details online from its “preliminary post incident review …

CrowdStrike CEO warns of hacking threat as outage persists
5 months ago

CrowdStrike CEO warns of hacking threat as outage persists

Live Mint  

The CrowdStrike glitch that caused outages for millions of users of Microsoft Windows devices last week continued to roil industries and snarl global air travel. Warning customers that bad actors were trying to exploit the event, the company said it had identified a malicious file being sent around by hackers posing as a ‘quick fix’ to the problem. A file …

Patching the problem relating to accountability
5 months ago

Patching the problem relating to accountability

China Daily  

A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, March 25, 2024. "CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts," the company said in a statement. Microsoft seems to be ready to pretend it is simply a victim rather than an accountable party, saying …

Microsoft outage: ‘Former Crowdstrike employee’ says his 'little update’ caused global disruption, satire or real?
5 months ago

Microsoft outage: ‘Former Crowdstrike employee’ says his 'little update’ caused global disruption, satire or real?

Hindustan Times  

The global Microsoft outage on Friday caused many employees to hilariously celebrate the “Blue Screen of Death” Day with disrupted IT operations across services. Claiming to be a former employee of the cybersecurity company, he alleged on X that he had “pushed” the “little update” that ultimately resulted in Microsoft operations crashing worldwide. Along with a supposedly edited selfie of …

'Working closely with CrowdStrike to bring systems back online': Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on global outage
5 months ago

'Working closely with CrowdStrike to bring systems back online': Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on global outage

Firstpost  

A CrowdStrike update triggered a global outage and affected the services of Microsoft Windows due to which users were greeted with the dreaded ‘Blue Screen of Death’ error Hours after a Microsoft outage triggered chaos across the world, Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said that the company is monitoring the situation and working to bring systems back online. We are …

How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World’s Computers
54 years, 11 months ago

How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World’s Computers

Wired  

Only a handful of times in history has a single piece of code managed to instantly wreck computer systems worldwide. Huge Microsoft Outage Caused by CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World A software update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike appears to have inadvertently disrupted IT systems globally. By Friday morning, the situation turned into a perfect storm when the security …

Global outage caused by a 'defect' in a 'single content update', CrowdStrike says
5 months ago

Global outage caused by a 'defect' in a 'single content update', CrowdStrike says

ABC  

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says a global tech outage affecting various businesses was caused by a "defect" in a "single content update" for Windows hosts. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says the global tech outage was caused by a defect in an update. CrowdStrike is aware of reports of crashes on Windows … related to the Falcon sensor," a prerecorded message …

Here's what we know about CrowdStrike, the company potentially to blame for a global tech outage
5 months ago

Here's what we know about CrowdStrike, the company potentially to blame for a global tech outage

ABC  

A technical issue related to a US-based cybersecurity firm named CrowdStrike caused computers running Microsoft software across Australia and abroad to glitch on Friday. One of the company's main products is CrowdStrike Falcon, which is described on its website as "providing real-time indicators of attack, hyper-accurate detection and automated protection" from possible cybersecurity threats. CrowdStrike Falcon is used by thousands …

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