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The CrowdStrike software did not provide a way for subscribers to delay the installation of its content files. [19] Computers running macOS and Linux were unaffected, as the problematic content file was only for Windows, [20] but similar problems had affected Linux distributions of CrowdStrike software in April 2024. [21] [22]
According to CrowdStrike’s blog, a “likely eCrime actor is using file names capitalizing on July 19, 2024,” specifically utilizing a malicious ZIP archive named “crowdstrike-hotfix.zip ...
CrowdStrike's software blunder is in the rearview mirror, but the competitive landscape is really starting to heat up. CrowdStrike's Outage Put It to the Test, but Now the Company Faces an Even ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior executive at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike apologized at an appearance before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday for a faulty software update ...
Richard Stiennon, a cybersecurity industry analyst, said this was a historic mistake by CrowdStrike. “This is easily the worst faux pas, technical faux pas or glitch of any security software provider ever,” said Stiennon, who has tracked the cybersecurity industry for 24 years.
On 19 July 2024, CrowdStrike released a software configuration file update to the Falcon endpoint detection and response agent. Flaws in the update caused blue screens of death on Microsoft Windows machines, disrupting millions of Windows computers worldwide. [43] [44] Affected machines were forced into a bootloop, making them unusable.
Content Disarm & Reconstruction (CDR) is a computer security technology for removing potentially malicious code from files. Unlike malware analysis, CDR technology does not determine or detect malware's functionality but removes all file components that are not approved within the system's definitions and policies.
Delta's lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court called the faulty software update from CrowdStrike "catastrophic" and said the firm "forced untested and faulty updates to its customers ...