Tag: Vulnerabilities

New data from cloud insurance firm Parametrix sheds light on the financial cost of the massive CrowdStrike outage last week that affected millions of Microsoft devices. The massive CrowdStrike outage that affected millions of Microsoft devices is predicted to cost U.S. Fortune 500 companies $5.4 billion in total direct financial loss, with an average loss…

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‘We did send these to our teammates and partners who have been helping customers through this situation,’ according to a CrowdStrike spokesperson. CrowdStrike has confirmed to CRN that it sent partners Uber gift cards that stopped working – a gesture of appreciation mocked online as the cybersecurity vendor and solution providers deal with the fallout…

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‘It reinforced that [Desktop-as-a-Service] technology has its benefits to quickly recover from situations like this,’ says Nerdio co-founder and CEO Vadim Vladimirskiy. The recent faulty CrowdStrike update that downed about 8.5 million Microsoft Windows machines helped show the power of virtualization when it comes to recovering from cybersecurity incidents and outages, said Nerdio co-founder and…

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‘As a follow-up to the CrowdStrike Falcon agent issue impacting Windows clients and servers, Microsoft has released an updated recovery tool with two repair options to help IT admins expedite the repair process,’ Microsoft says. Following the faulty CrowdStrike update that caused chaos for millions of Microsoft customers and businesses, the software giant has now…

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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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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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‘The company has carefully examined and evaluated the impact of the U.S. legal requirements and made this sad and difficult decision as business opportunities in the country are no longer viable,’ says the Moscow-based antivirus software company. Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky confirmed Tuesday that it will be exiting the U.S. market and ceasing operations in…

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As part of the annual Tech Innovator Awards evaluation process CRN selects a number of the applicants as finalists. Here’s a look at the innovative products that have made the first round of the judging. Innovation Surge The wave of development around artificial intelligence and generative AI in the last two years has shaken up…

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The 138 new CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is ‘just shy of the record’ for Microsoft’s monthly release of security fixes, writes Trend Micro’s Dustin Childs. Microsoft made fixes available Tuesday for five critical vulnerabilities as part of its July patch release — while disclosing fixes for a near-record number of new CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities…

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The U.S. did not sanction CEO and founder Eugene Kaspersky. The United States has blocked members of Russia-based cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky’s leadership from making transactions in the country a day after banning the company from making sales in the U.S. Twelve individuals associated with Kaspersky have been designated to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list…

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