CrowdStrike Estimates the Tech Meltdown Caused by Its Bungling Left a $60 Million Dent in Its Sales 2024-08-29 at 06:01 By Associated Press Massive outage spooked customers that had been expected to close deals totaling $60 million during the final few weeks of CrowdStrike’s fiscal Q2. The post CrowdStrike Estimates the Tech Meltdown Caused by […]
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Microsoft Convenes Endpoint Security Firms Following CrowdStrike Incident 2024-08-27 at 16:31 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft has called together cybersecurity firms and government representatives for its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit. The post Microsoft Convenes Endpoint Security Firms Following CrowdStrike Incident appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original
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AMD Says New Sinkclose CPU Vulnerability Only Affects ‘Seriously Breached Systems’ 2024-08-13 at 13:46 By Eduard Kovacs Many AMD CPUs are affected by the new Sinkclose vulnerability, but the chipmaker noted that the flaw is not easy to exploit. The post AMD Says New Sinkclose CPU Vulnerability Only Affects ‘Seriously Breached Systems’ appeared first on
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Microsoft Warns of OpenVPN Vulnerabilities, Potential for Exploit Chains 2024-08-12 at 19:01 By Ryan Naraine The vulnerabilities, patched in OpenVPN 2.6.10, expose users on the Windows platform to remote code execution attacks. The post Microsoft Warns of OpenVPN Vulnerabilities, Potential for Exploit Chains appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS
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GhostWrite Vulnerability Facilitates Attacks on Devices With RISC-V CPU 2024-08-07 at 22:16 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers disclose the details of GhostWrite, a RISC-V CPU vulnerability that can be exploited to gain full access to targeted devices. The post GhostWrite Vulnerability Facilitates Attacks on Devices With RISC-V CPU appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an
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CrowdStrike engages external experts, details causes of massive outage 2024-08-07 at 16:01 By Zeljka Zorz CrowdStrike has published a technical root cause analysis of what went wrong when a content update pushed to its Falcon sensors borked over 8.5 million Windows machines around the world on July 19, and has confirmed that it has hired
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Some good may come out of the CrowdStrike outage 2024-07-29 at 19:31 By Zeljka Zorz Estimated financial losses due to the recent massive IT outage triggered by the faulty CrowdStrike update are counted in billions, but the unfortunate incident is having several positive effects, as well. Some silver linings As CrowdStrike was forced to explain,
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CrowdStrike Explains Why Bad Update Was Not Properly Tested 2024-07-24 at 14:16 By Eduard Kovacs CrowdStrike has shared a preliminary incident review, explaining why the update that caused global chaos was not caught by testing. The post CrowdStrike Explains Why Bad Update Was Not Properly Tested appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt
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KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware 2024-07-24 at 05:16 By Ryan Naraine KnowBe4 chief executive Stu Sjouwerman: “We sent them their Mac workstation, and the moment it was received, it immediately started to load malware.” The post KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware
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Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool 2024-07-21 at 16:31 By Mike Lennon Microsoft says roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process. The post Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted
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Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide 2024-07-19 at 11:31 By Zeljka Zorz Thousands and possibly millions of Windows computers and servers worldwide have been made inoperable by a faulty update of Crowdstrike Falcon Sensors, and the outage affected transport, broadcast, financial, retail and other organizations have been affected in Europe, Australia, the US
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Intel Says No New Mitigations Required for Indirector CPU Attack 2024-07-03 at 13:31 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers disclosed a new high-precision Branch Target Injection attack method named Indirector, but Intel says no new mitigations are needed. The post Intel Says No New Mitigations Required for Indirector CPU Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is
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Hundreds of PC, Server Models Possibly Affected by Serious Phoenix UEFI Vulnerability 2024-06-20 at 16:46 By Eduard Kovacs Hundreds of PC and server models may be affected by CVE-2024-0762, a privilege escalation and code execution flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware. The post Hundreds of PC, Server Models Possibly Affected by Serious Phoenix UEFI Vulnerability
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New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature 2024-06-18 at 19:45 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers have targeted the MTE security feature in Arm CPUs and showed how attackers could bypass protections. The post New TikTag Attack Targets Arm CPU Security Feature appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View
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Microsoft Delaying Recall Feature to Improve Security 2024-06-14 at 13:46 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft is not rolling out Recall with Copilot+ PCs as it’s seeking additional feedback and working on improving security. The post Microsoft Delaying Recall Feature to Improve Security appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View
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Upleveling the State of SMB Cybersecurity 2024-06-06 at 14:46 By Torsten George Gone are the days when cyberattacks were deemed concerns solely by corporate giants. The post Upleveling the State of SMB Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:
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No summer break for cybercrime: Why educational institutions need better cyber resilience 2024-06-05 at 07:31 By Help Net Security The education system isn’t equipped to handle today’s cyberthreats. I’m not just talking about cybersecurity education in schools shaping the technical workforce of the future – America’s schools themselves are prime targets for cybercrime today. In
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Microsoft’s Windows Recall: Cutting-Edge Search Tech or Creepy Overreach? 2024-05-30 at 20:31 By Ryan Naraine SecurityWeek editor-at-large Ryan Naraine examines the broad tension between tech innovation and privacy rights at a time when ChatGPT-like bots and generative-AI apps are starting to dominate the landscape. The post Microsoft’s Windows Recall: Cutting-Edge Search Tech or Creepy Overreach?
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New Endpoint Protection Platform by Cigent Blocks Ransomware at the Data Level 2024-05-29 at 15:16 By Kevin Townsend The two primary components to the solution are to encrypt company data at all times, and to decrypt only when the file is required for use. The post New Endpoint Protection Platform by Cigent Blocks Ransomware at
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Endpoint Security Firm ThreatLocker Raises $115 Million in Series D Funding 2024-04-25 at 15:17 By Eduard Kovacs Zero trust endpoint security company ThreatLocker has announced a $115 million Series D funding round that brings the total to $240 million. The post Endpoint Security Firm ThreatLocker Raises $115 Million in Series D Funding appeared first on
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