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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.
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 ...
New detection configurations had been validated on July 19, but were "not understood by the Falcon sensor's rules engine, leading affected sensors to malfunction until the problematic ...
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 ...
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 ...
In 2023, CrowdStrike introduced CrowdStream service in collaboration with Cribl.io. [39] CrowdStrike has also focused on working with the U.S. government and selling its services to government agencies. [40] CrowdStrike joined the S&P 500 index in June 2024. [41] In 2023, CrowdStrike acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Bionic.ai. [42]