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On 19 July at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software running on Windows PCs and servers. A modification to a configuration file which was responsible for screening named pipes, Channel File 291, caused an out-of-bounds memory read [14] in the Windows sensor client that resulted in an invalid page fault.
The recommended solution from CrowdStrike was to boot into safe mode or Windows Recovery Mode and manually delete Channel File 291. [73] This requires local administrator access and if the device was encrypted by BitLocker , also required a recovery key. [ 74 ]
The outage happened because the advanced platform contained a fault that forced computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system to crash and show the so-called blue screen of death.
CrowdStrike has said that its contract with Delta limits it liability to less than $10 million. The company’s guidance on the cost of compensation and full-year earnings came as part of a strong ...
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CrowdStrike's own post-incident investigation identified several errors that led to the release of a fault update to the "Crowdstrike Sensor Detection Engine": [13] [non-primary source needed] The channel files were validated using Regex patterns with wildcards and loaded into an array instead of using a parser for this purpose.
The Windows 9x line of operating systems used the Blue Screen of Death as the main way for virtual device drivers to report errors to the user. This version of the BSoD, internally referred to as " _VWIN32_FaultPopup ", gives the user the option either to restart the computer or to continue using Windows, allowing the user to save their work ...
CrowdStrike's legal troubles from last month's massive global computer outage deepened on Monday, as the cybersecurity company was sued by air travelers whose flights were delayed or canceled. In ...