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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.
Crowdstrike deployed a fix and advised users to reboot their systems in Safe Mode or the Windows Recovery Environment to remove the faulty file. What is CrowdStrike
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 ...
A buggy update from an internet security firm caused worldwide problems for Windows computers. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games ...
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]
In December 2016, CrowdStrike released a report stating that Russian government-affiliated group Fancy Bear had hacked a Ukrainian artillery app. [54] They concluded that Russia had used the hack to cause large losses to Ukrainian artillery units. The app (called ArtOS) is installed on tablet PCs and used for fire-control. [55]
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 ...
The Internet Research Agency also sought to "provoke and amplify political and social discord in the United States". [ 45 ] By February 2016, internal IRA documents showed an order to support the candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, while IRA members were to "use any opportunity to criticize" Hillary Clinton and the rest of the ...