Last week, an estimated 8.5 million Windows PCs got hit by a buggy CrowdStrike Falcon sensor software update which lead to BSODs (blue screen of deaths) on such ...

Microsoft confirmed that 8.5 million devices were affected, less than 1% of all Windows machines, but the impact was widespread due to CrowdStrike's extensive use in critical infrastructure. On July ...

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. has shared new details about the faulty update that it rolled out to its Falcon cybersecurity platform last week. In a preliminary incident ...

On Friday, July 19, 2024, tens of thousands of workers in hospitals, airlines, banks and other industries around the world stared at the “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD) when trying to complete daily ...

Many of the world’s airlines, banks, and retailers came to a grinding halt last Friday after a faulty update caused a global Microsoft IT outage. Now the cybersecurity firm behind the update, ...

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said Thursday that 97 percent of all Windows systems running its Falcon sensor software were back online, a week after an update-related outage to the corporate security ...

The global IT outage on Friday resulted from a sensor configuration update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform that caused a Windows logic error. The global IT outage ...

Unravelling the hype behind IT for creating useful CIO strategies. The bug that impacted 8.5m PCs last week was, says, CrowdStrike due to an update it refers to as “Rapid Response Content”, which is ...

Microsoft Windows powers more than a billion PCs and millions of servers worldwide, many of them playing key roles in facilities that serve customers directly. So, what happens when a trusted software ...

TL;DR: An issue with Windows 11 24H2 is causing apps like Microsoft Office to hang or crash, linked to policy settings involving the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor. This problem affects businesses using ...

The world is still recovering from one of history's most disruptive IT outages. Millions of critical Windows-based systems across the globe are experiencing the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD).

The cybersecurity giant reported the recovery progress after the massive July 19 outage caused by its faulty update. CrowdStrike said 99 percent of Windows sensors for its Falcon platform are online, ...