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How a software update crashed computers around the globe. ... When CrowdStrike released an update for its software, companies using Windows systems began experiencing errors, leading to the outage
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 trouble with the update issued by CrowdStrike and affecting computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system was not a hacking incident or cyberattack, according to CrowdStrike, which apologized and said a fix was on the way. But it wasn't an easy fix. It required “boots on the ground” to remediate, said Gartner analyst Eric Grenier.
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The software update crashed machines running the Microsoft Windows operating system, it said. ... CNBC said a fault with the update caused a cascade effect and noted the Texas-based company’s ...
Delta was the worst-hit airline as it canceled more than 7,000 flights across five days when a flawed CrowdStrike update crashed millions of computers worldwide.
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Svchost.exe (Service Host, or SvcHost) is a system process that can host one or more Windows services in the Windows NT family of operating systems. [1] Svchost is essential in the implementation of shared service processes, where a number of services can share a process in order to reduce resource consumption.