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CrowdStrike Update Causes Global Outage; CTO’s Past at McAfee in Spotlight…

Yesterday, a defective content update from CrowdStrike led to widespread outages on Windows systems worldwide. The issue, which originated from an update to the Falcon cybersecurity defense software, did not impact computers running on Mac and Linux operating systems. CrowdStrike confirmed that the outage was not caused by a cyberattack but rather a defect in the software update itself.

This incident has drawn attention due to the history of CrowdStrike’s CEO, George Kurtz, who was the Chief Technology Officer at McAfee during a similar crisis in 2010. Back then, a faulty antivirus update from McAfee caused a global meltdown of Windows XP computers by mistakenly identifying and deleting a crucial system file, resulting in systems being trapped in continuous reboot loops and requiring extensive manual repairs.

CrowdStrike, a leader in protecting customers from cyber threats, often collaborates with law enforcement and third-party industry experts to investigate and remediate cyberattacks. Despite the current setback, CrowdStrike continues to uphold its reputation in the cybersecurity industry and is actively working to resolve the issue and prevent future occurrences.

Pretty stoked, we just got done a data recovery operation that was turned down by a few chain stores for a customer who thought all her photos of her kids were lost.. never fully trust a removable drive with your pertinent data, always consider either cloud storage, or using multiple devices.

We love creativity, music, and digital security. Yeah, that’s a odd combo, however we stumbled upon a video with all three and just had to share! Thank you to Kevin Mitnick for sharing this!!

Host Unknown presents, Lost all the Money (ride wit' me parody) presents, Lost all the Money, a look at phishing scams and what happens when you click on what you shouldn't. Hint, you may lose some money. L...