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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 latest version of its Falcon Sensor software was meant make CrowdStrike clients' systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas.It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services.
In a preliminary report soon after, CrowdStrike claimed the outage was caused by a faulty update to its Falcon sensor. The Falcon platform has wide access to computers, sitting at the kernel level ...
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.
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.
On July 19, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor security software that caused widespread problems with Microsoft Windows computers running the software. As a result, roughly 8.5 million systems crashed and were unable to properly restart [ 8 ] in what has been called the largest outage in the ...
CrowdStrike says over 97% of Windows sensors back online ... The company's Falcon platform sensor is a security agent installed on devices such as laptops and desktops that protects them from ...