Security CrowdStrike shareholders lose battle to recoup losses from 2024 outage Investors didn't present a valid claim, says judge, but they're welcome to try again
Security As agents run amok, CrowdStrike's $740M SGNL deal aims to help get a grip on identity security Authentication is basically solved. Authorization is another thing entirely...
Cyber-crime PRC spies Brickstormed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years 'Dozens' of US orgs infected
Cyber-crime Cybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally
Security AWS, Nvidia, CrowdStrike seek security startups to enter the arena Last year's winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation
Cyber-crime You say Cozy Bear, I say Midnight Blizzard, Voodoo Bear, APT29 … Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and pals promise clarity on cybercrew naming, deliver alias salad instead
Security Judge allows Delta's lawsuit against CrowdStrike to proceed with millions in damages on the line CS remains hopeful damages will be limited to seven figures
Security Delta Air Lines class action cleared for takeoff over CrowdStrike chaos Judge allows aspects of passenger lawsuit to proceed
Spotlight on RSAC How NOT to f-up your security incident response Experts say that the way you handle things after the criminals break in can make things better or much, much worse
Personal Tech Garmin pulls a CrowdStrike, turns smartwatches into fancy bracelets Blue Screen of Death becomes the Blue Triangle of Doom for your wrist
Security CrowdStrike still doesn't know how much its Falcon flame-out will cost Thinks customers may have forgiven it after revenue hits a record
Security Financial institutions told to get their house in order before the next CrowdStrike strikes Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force
Security Delta officially launches lawyers at $500M CrowdStrike problem Legal action comes months after alleging negligence by Falcon vendor
Software CrowdStrike's Blue Screen blunder: Could eBPF have saved the day? Grafana Labs CTO looks at the options
Security CrowdStrike apologizes to Congress for 'perfect storm' that caused global IT outage Argues worse could happen if it loses kernel access
Security 1 in 10 orgs dumping their security vendors after CrowdStrike outage Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable
OSes Post-CrowdStrike catastrophe, Microsoft figures moving antivirus out of Windows kernel mode is a good idea Existing low-level access for security solutions will undergo a rework
Software CrowdStrike hopes legal threats will fade as time passes since it broke the world CFO says company hasn't been sued by any customers – yet
Software House to grill CrowdStrike exec on epic IT meltdown... no, not the CEO VP Adam Meyers to testify about that faulty software update which ruined July and some of August
Software CrowdStrike's meltdown didn't dent its market dominance … yet Total revenue for Q2 grew 32 percent
Security CrowdStrike deja vu as 'performance issue' leaves systems sluggish Not related to the massive outage in July, security biz spokesperson told us
Offbeat CrowdStrike president cheered after accepting 'Epic Fail' Pwnie award Michael Sentonas hopes trophy will remind staff that failure is unacceptable
CxO Delta: CrowdStrike's offer to help in Falcon meltdown was too little, too late Airline unimpressed with 'unhelpful and untimely' phone call from CEO, Falcon maker says claims untrue
CxO Microsoft punches back at Delta Air Lines and its legal threats SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess
Security CrowdStrike hires outside security outfits to review troubled Falcon code And reveals more and more about small mistake that bricked 8.5M Windows boxes
Security CrowdStrike unhappy about Delta's 'litigation threat,' claims airline refused 'free on-site help' Vendor plans to aggressively defend its case before listing catalog of shortcomings at the airline
CSO Too late now for canary test updates, says pension fund suing CrowdStrike That horse has not just bolted, it's trampled all over kernel space
CSO Delta Air Lines dials up Microsoft's legal nemesis over CrowdStrike losses Oh, Boies, here we go again
OSes Post-CrowdStrike, Microsoft to discourage use of kernel drivers by security tools Now there's an idea – parsing config data in user mode
Patches CrowdStrike meets Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again
CSO CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions – and insurance ain't covering it all We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9)
Malware Month Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware PSA: Only accept updates via official channels ... ironically enough
OSes How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a flash This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress – no, really
CSO The months and days before and after CrowdStrike's fatal Friday 'In the short term, they're going to have to do a lot of groveling'
Software CrowdStrike fiasco highlights growing Sino-Russian tech independence China is playing a long game, which could pay off on an enormous scale
Security CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made Something called 'Content Validator' did not validate the content, and the rest is history
CSO How did a CrowdStrike file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code Maybe next time some staged rollouts? A bit of QA too?
Security Administrators have update lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage How could this happen to us? We were supposed to be two versions behind?
Cyber-crime Cybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis Latest trend follows various malware campaigns that began just hours after IT calamity
Software CrowdStrike CEO summoned to explain epic fail to US Homeland Security committee Boss faces grilling before Congress over disastrous software snafu
Security EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft Was a 2009 agreement on interoperability to blame?
Security CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes Rapid restore tool being tested as Microsoft estimates 8.5M machines went down
CSO CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday
Software Cybercriminals quickly exploit CrowdStrike chaos Who loves a global outage? Phishers, fraudsters and all manner of creeps
Software Life, interrupted: How CrowdStrike's patch failure is messing up the world Oh, was it supposed to be Y2K24?
Software Angry admins share the CrowdStrike outage experience CrowdStrike? More like ClownStrike! Amirite?
PaaS + IaaS Azure VMs ruined by CrowdStrike patchpocalypse? Microsoft has recovery tips Have you tried turning it off and on again, like, a bunch?
Software Second NHS IT system confirmed to be affected by CrowdStrike issues Cancer treatments are in jeopardy across multiple healthcare facilities
Software CrowdStrike shares sink as global IT outage savages systems worldwide Emergency services, medical practices, airlines, banks, and more all crippled
Software CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world Falcon Sensor putting hosts into deathloop - but there's a workaround
Patches Firms skip security reviews of major app updates about half the time Complicated, costly, time-consuming – pick three
Security Orgs are having a major identity crisis while crims reap the rewards Hacking your way in is so 2022 – logging in is much easier
Cyber-crime Ransomware-as-a-service groups rain money on their affiliates Qilin gang crims can earn up to 85 percent of extortion cash, or jail
Spotlight on RSA RSA Conference or Black Mirror? Either way, we're doomed ... probably Luckily CrowdStrike's CSO has a brighter outlook than we vultures
Research We're now truly in the era of ransomware as pure extortion without the encryption Why screw around with cryptography and keys when just stealing the info is good enough
Research Security is a pain for American Dental Association: Ransomware infection feared Plus: Another university hit with malware, and more
Devops Kubernetes container runtime CRI-O has make-me-root flaw Cr8escape priv-escalation bug opens the door to cluster takeovers
Networks For those with zero trust in zero-trust networks, this industry alliance may help Will someone give the buzzwords a buzz cut?
Security CrowdStrike offers fully managed identity-threat-detection-as-a-service The further you move from the office, the more wild the product descriptions
Security Crims target telcos' Linux and Solaris boxes, which don't get enough infosec love CrowdStrike says 'LightBasin' gang avoids Windows, and knows that telco networks run on badly-secured *nix
Off-Prem JumpCloud hooks investment from Atlassian Ventures and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund for $225m total funding round Cloud directory start-up valued at $2.65bn
Security Microsoft president asks Congress to force private-sector orgs to admit when they've been hacked Senate intelligence committee hears ideas in light of SolarWinds disaster
Security SolarWinds malware was sneaked out of the firm's Orion build environment 6 months before anyone realised it was there – report Crowdstrike tech analysts explain how they think it slipped under the radar
Security Confused why Trump fingered CrowdStrike in that Ukraine call? You're not the only one... Security biz that probed 2016 DNC hack makes an odd cameo in revealed transcript
Security Symantec comes out in swinging in bitter legal battle over security bug audit conspiracy claims Profit driving NSS claims of industry boycott, antivirus makers swear
Security The Obama-era cyber détente with China was nice, wasn't it? Yeah well it's obviously over now Middle Kingdom is a rising threat once again – research
Security SaaS-y security outfit CrowdStrike falls out of love with test lab Tries – and fails – to have court suppress review of its Falcon product
Security 'Nobody cares about your heart-rate' CrowdStrike's Mike Sentonas talks IoT security with El Reg
Security Lone hacker claims to have broken into US Democrat servers Guccifer 2 posts files as 'proof' – says rest sent to Wikileaks
On-Prem Heartbleed, eat your heart out: VENOM vuln poisons countless VMs Widespread virtualization flaw dates back over a decade
Security China's 'Deep Panda' crew targets Middle East policy wonks - report Spy hackers now ignoring domestic threats - infosec bods
Security Pictures of elite 'Chinese military hacker' published People's Republic mouthpiece: So what, the US does this too
Security Spies spy: CrowdStrike report says cyberspooks are EVERYWHERE And where state spies lead, criminals soon follow
Security Cyber-security startup to flash major Android soft spots at RSA Ex-McAfee bods grab $26m to take on hackers
