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A buggy update from an internet security firm caused worldwide problems for Windows computers.
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.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is “actively working” to fix a “defect” in an update for Microsoft Windows users which sparked a global IT outage, the company’s chief executive has said.
The issue appears to be recoverable, CrowdStrike has said, but in many cases it requires painstaking work: Each affected device must be accessed by an administrator and manually rebooted into safe ...
CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded ...
CrowdStrike has released a fix for its software and is actively pushing it out to customers. But that doesn’t mean every company will get back online right away.
The CEO of CrowdStrike is George Kurtz, who is also the company's co-founder [CrowdStrike Leadership Team]. He is a well-known figure in the cybersecurity industry with over 30 years of experience.
CrowdStrike said it had added a “new check” to its quality control process in a bid to prevent the issue from occurring again. The extent of the damage from the botched update is still being ...