Tag: Cybersecurity
In a statement responding to CRN’s interview with SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten, CrowdStrike says that its July 19 update did not bypass Microsoft’s ‘clear kernel review process.’ CrowdStrike said the July 19 update that led to a global IT outage did not bypass Microsoft’s “clear kernel review process” for Windows. In a statement, CrowdStrike responded…
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New disclosures Monday pointed to attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in the three vendors’ platforms. New disclosures Monday revealed attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in widely used platforms from VMware, ServiceNow and Acronis. The attacks have included exploits of two critical-severity vulnerabilities in ServiceNow’s Now Platform as well as a critical vulnerability affecting Acronis Cyber Infrastructure. [Related: SentinelOne CEO:…
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CrowdStrike, AI and Copilot+ PCs are expected to come up during the quarterly earnings call Tuesday. The CrowdStrike update incident. Details on the cost and revenue from artificial intelligence. And updates on the rollout of AI PCs. Microsoft executives have a lot to cover Tuesday during the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant’s fourth fiscal quarter earnings…
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Morgan Stanley has checked with CrowdStrike partners and is now ‘slightly more’ confident in the vendor’s recovery despite short-term impacts to recurring revenue. While CrowdStrike will see an impact to new recurring revenue during the second half of the year in the wake of the historic Windows outage caused by its faulty update, the security…
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‘This incident shows clearly that Windows must prioritize change and innovation in the area of end-to-end resilience,’ a Microsoft executive says in a blog. Microsoft acknowledged that it must “prioritize change and innovation” for Windows following the massive CrowdStrike-caused outage to the operating system. The outage, which began July 19 and had lingering impacts for…
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For the week ending July 26, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including ServiceNow, Mimecast, Google Cloud, Liongard and Accenture. The Week Ending July 26 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is ServiceNow for a strategic acquisition focused on GenAI-based search technology. Also making this…
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In the wake of the CrowdStrike outage, SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten tells CRN that the frequency of updates from the vendor ‘calls into question pretty much the entire premise of next-generation protection.’ The unprecedented IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update a week ago has raised questions about the frequency of the vendor’s updates…
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‘This progress is thanks to the tireless efforts of our customers, partners, and the dedication of our team at CrowdStrike,’ CEO George Kurtz says in a LinkedIn post Thursday. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz disclosed that more than 97 percent of Windows sensors have recovered as of Thursday, following the unprecedented IT outage caused by the…
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‘We are showing them how they can monetize and really be the trusted advisers around delivering managed attack surface capabilities, which are necessary to avoid problems,’ Liongard CEO Michelle Accardi tells CRN. Liongard this week unveiled its innovation road map and a build-out of its attack surface management platform to better equip MSPs to identify…
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