Month: July 2024
After a defective CrowdStrike software update caused massive impacts to flights, medical services and 911 systems, CrowdStrike will likely take a hit to its strong brand in the cybersecurity market, according to Wedbush Securities’ Daniel Ives. After CrowdStrike’s Falcon software update caused a Microsoft outage and led to massive impacts to flights, medical services and…
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CrowdStrike says that it has deployed a fix after a defective software update led to widespread outages and massive real-world impacts to flights, health-care services and 911 systems. Microsoft tech outages reported Friday led to widespread disruptions worldwide in an incident stemming from a defective software update from cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike. The update led to…
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A faulty software update from cybersecurity vendor Crowdstrike crippled countless Microsoft Windows computers across the globe today, disrupting everything from airline travel and financial institutions to hospitals and businesses online. Crowdstrike said a fix has been deployed, but experts say the recovery from this outage could take some time, as Crowdstrike’s solution needs to be…
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The massive Microsoft Azure and CrowdStrike outage reportedly was caused by a recent update to CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software. Here’s where everything stands as of Friday morning. From emergency 911 call centers to national health-care services to the largest airlines, the Microsoft Azure and CrowdStrike outage is causing chaos around the world. As of Friday…
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Jul 19, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Cybercrime Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their participation as affiliates in the LockBit ransomware scheme and helping facilitate ransomware attacks across the world. The defendants include Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, of Chechen Republic, and Mikhail Vasiliev, 34, a dual Canadian and Russian national of Bradford,…
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Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” the company’s CEO George Kurtz said in a statement. “Mac and…
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CISA’s red team acted like a nation-state attacker in its assessment of a federal agency’s cybersecurity. Plus, the Cloud Security Alliance has given its cloud security guidance a major revamping. Meanwhile, a Google report puts a spotlight on insecure credentials. And the latest on open source security, CIS Benchmarks and much more! Dive into six…
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A faulty component in the latest CrowdStrike Falcon update is crashing Windows systems, impacting various organizations and services across the world, including airports, TV stations, and hospitals. The glitch is affecting Windows workstations and servers, with users reporting massive outages that took offline entire companies and fleets of hundreds of thousands of computers. According to…
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Two Russian nations have pleaded guilty to involvement in many LockBit ransomware attacks, which targeted victims worldwide and across the United States. According to a Justice Department press release on Thursday, Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Canadian/Russian national Mikhail Vasiliev were both affiliates of LockBit’s ransomware-as-a-service operation. LockBit affiliates like Vasiliev and Astamirov would…
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Learn about critical threats that can impact your organization and the bad actors behind them from Cybersixgill’s threat experts. Each story shines a light on underground activities, the threat actors involved, and why you should care, along with what you can do to mitigate risk. In the current cyber threat landscape, the protection of personal…
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