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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.
APP.com Digital Desk. July 19, 2024 at 9:25 AM ... there were reports of a bad update causing Windows systems running CrowdStrike Falcon to crash. Crowdstrike deployed a fix and advised users to ...
CrowdStrike, a U.S.-based cybersecurity firm, said the issue stemmed from a defect in a recent content update that disrupted the Microsoft Windows operating system.
The frequency of updates "is probably the reason why (CrowdStrike) didn't test it as much," he said. It's unclear how that faulty code got into the update and why it wasn't detected before being ...
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.
Microsoft said 8.5 million devices running its Windows operating system were affected by the faulty cybersecurity update Friday that led to worldwide disruptions.
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.
By James Pearson. LONDON (Reuters) -A software bug in CrowdStrike's quality-control system caused the software update that crashed computers globally last week, the U.S. firm said on Wednesday, as ...