Tag: Cybersecurity
Major airlines reported progress on recovery from the outage Saturday. Microsoft disclosed Saturday that 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by CrowdStrike’s disastrous update, while major airlines reported progress on recovery from the massive outage. The CrowdStrike Falcon update led to the “blue screen of death” for Windows systems worldwide on Friday and hobbled much…
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It remains unclear exactly why the hugely disruptive error occurred, the company says—especially given that such updates are very common. CrowdStrike said the unprecedented Microsoft outage felt worldwide stemmed from a programming error that was triggered as part of a common update process—prompting further questions about how the massively disruptive error could have occurred. The…
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With a potentially lengthy recovery ahead, the defective CrowdStrike update that led to an unprecedented worldwide Microsoft outage will ultimately raise questions about the automatic update process for cybersecurity tools. It’s actually no exaggeration to say, as John Hammond did Friday, that the IT outage caused by a defective CrowdStrike software update has been “earth-shattering.”…
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Danny Jenkins—whose company, ThreatLocker, secures the unaffected JetBlue Airways—tells CRN that the seemingly minor nature of the CrowdStrike update was responsible for the sudden widespread impact. The seemingly minor, routine nature of a CrowdStrike Falcon update was a key factor behind the sudden widespread impact from the Microsoft outage caused by the defective update, according…
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Following a CrowdStrike error that caused global IT problems for millions of people, CrowdStrike’s stock is not showing signs of being impacted. Despite a massive defective software incident by CrowdStrike that caused chaos for hospitals, airlines, emergency contact centers and businesses across the world, CrowdStrike’s stock (CRWD) appears to be relatively unscathed by the news…
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Amid fallout from a massive worldwide outage, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz noted that keeping up with hackers requires frequent updates to security tools—and sometimes, something breaks. Maybe it’s too soon to make this point, with travelers still stranded at airports, patients facing health-care disruptions and other widely felt impacts worldwide from CrowdStrike’s defective software update.…
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In terms of recovering from the outage, ‘it could be some time for some systems that just won’t automatically recover,’ Kurtz said in a televised interview. After a CrowdStrike software update caused a massive Microsoft outage with impacts worldwide, “it could be some time” before a full recovery is possible, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said…
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‘We’re helping by offering community support, helping with recovery plans, offering up our staff to augment the MSSPs and helping wherever we can,’ says Marc Menzies, president and CTO of Overview Technology Solutions. ‘We’re saying, “Hey, I know that everyone’s morning is messed up, ours is now messed up too but we’re here to help…
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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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