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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.
Earlier today, there were reports of a bad update causing Windows systems running CrowdStrike Falcon to crash. Crowdstrike deployed a fix and advised users to reboot their systems in Safe Mode or ...
Adam Meyers, a senior vice president at CrowdStrike, said the company released a content configuration update for its Falcon Sensor security software that resulted in system crashes worldwide.
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.
Although CrowdStrike issued a patch to fix the error, computers stuck in a bootloop were unable to connect to the Internet to download the patch before Falcon would be loaded and crash the device again.
The problem affected systems running Windows 10 and Windows 11 running the CrowdStrike Falcon software. [18] [15] Most personal Windows PCs were unaffected, as CrowdStrike's software is primarily used by organizations. [18] The CrowdStrike software did not provide a way for subscribers to delay the installation of its content files. [19]
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.
George Kurtz (born October 14, 1970) is an American businessman. He is the CEO and founder of the cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike, and the founder and former CEO of Foundstone, a worldwide security products and anti-virus software company. [2]