The rise and fall of the ‘Scattered Spider’ hackers
After evading capture for more than two years following a hacking spree that targeted some of the world’s biggest tech companies, U.S. authorities say they have finally caught at least…
CrowdStrike strikes again, this time crashing Office apps in Windows 11
Another week, another issue with Windows 11 24H2 cropping up. It’s been over a month since the major Windows 11 update began rolling out to users and we’ve seen network…
Apple fixes bugs in macOS Sequoia that broke some cybersecurity tools
In September, Apple released the new version of its computer operating system macOS 15, also known as Sequoia, which broke the functionality of several cybersecurity products, including those made by…
CrowdStrike faces onslaught of legal action from faulty software update
When the now infamous CrowdStrike software update took down companies all over the world in July, it was inevitable that lawsuits would follow — and follow they have. Delta suing…
CrowdStrike accepts award for ‘most epic fail’ after global IT outage
Just a few weeks after its software update triggered a global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike isn’t shying away from the spotlight. In fact, the company’s president Michael Sentonas even took the…
After global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike courts hackers with action figures and gratitude
On Wednesday morning, thousands of cybersecurity professionals swarmed the halls of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, the epicenter of the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference, where dozens…
How to prevent your software update from being the next CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike released a relatively minor patch on Friday, and somehow it wreaked havoc on large swaths of the IT world running Microsoft Windows, bringing down airports, healthcare facilities and 911…
Microsoft boot tool fixes Crowdstrike disaster
By now you’ve probably heard of the CrowdStrike outage. If you’ve been lucky enough to avoid any personal headaches from this widespread incident, you surely know someone who was affected.…
CrowdStrike’s update fail causes global outages and travel chaos
This week saw one of the most widespread IT disruptions in recent years linked to a faulty software update from popular cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Businesses across the world reported IT…
Microsoft says 8.5M Windows devices were affected by CrowdStrike outage
Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike outage, according to a Microsoft blog post by David Weston, the…