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Microsoft Plans to Make Windows More Resilient to CrowdStrike-Like Incidents via New Platform
Microsoft Windows will be updated with improvements that are aimed at enhancing its resilience against incidents triggered by security firm, such as the global outage caused by CrowdStrike in July. After its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, Microsoft announced its intention to help security vendors adapt their solutions to function outsi...
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Microsoft to Host Cybersecurity Summit After CrowdStrike-Induced IT Outage
Microsoft has announced that it will host a summit next month that will let industry members understand how to improve cybersecurity systems, in the aftermath of a faulty update from security firm CrowdStrike that left millions of Windows computers around the world in an unusable state on July 19. The gathering on September 10 at its headquarters w...
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Microsoft Says Delta Airlines' Lack of Modernised IT Delayed its Recovery After Recent Outage
Microsoft has said that Delta, unlike its competitors, apparently had not modernised its IT infrastructure that caused the airlines to struggle with recovery. Delta, however, said it has invested billions of dollars in IT capital expenditures since 2016.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
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Microsoft Blames Delta For Its Struggle To Recover From Global Outage
Microsoft blamed Delta Air Lines on Tuesday for its dayslong struggle to recover from a global cyber outage that led it to cancel more than 6,000 flights.
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Delta CEO Slams Microsoft As "Most Fragile" Platform After Global Outage
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian declared Microsoft "the most fragile" platform after a massive IT outage last month caused chaos across the world.
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Weeks After "Blue Screen Of Death", Cyberattack Causes New Microsoft Outage
The tech giant said it was a DDoS attack that floods a service with traffic in order to bring them to a standstill.
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Who Crippled France's Rail Network? 'Fake' Crowdstrike Worker Has An Answer
A tweet claiming responsibility for a global Microsoft outage triggered a meme fest on X. Today, the same man has returned with another post, this time taking credit for the chaos that ensued after three arson attacks on France's railways.
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'Fake' CrowdStrike Worker Takes Credit For French Rail Network Collapse
A tweet claiming responsibility for a global Microsoft outage triggered a meme fest on X. Today, the same man has returned with another post, this time taking credit for the chaos that ensued after three arson attacks on France's railways.
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This Country Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Pay For Losses Due To IT Outage
Malaysia's digital minister, Gobind Singh Deo, has asked Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week's global tech outage, Reuters reported.
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Terminal Cancer Patient's Brain Surgery Delayed By Microsoft Outage
Mrs Mooney was diagnosed with stage 4B terminal cervical cancer in February 2022, which had already spread to her lungs.
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Days After Microsoft Outage, YouTube Down For Some Users
Some YouTube users in India reportedly experienced trouble uploading videos on the app and website of the Google-owned platform on Monday.
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Microsoft Rolls Out Recovery Tool to Help Fix Windows PCs Affected by CrowdStrike Update
Microsoft has released a USB recovery tool to repair the PCs and other machines impacted by the infamous CrowdStrike update, the company announced in a blog post. A bootable USB drive can be created using which IT admins can expedite the repair process and get disrupted devices back on track.
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Why Home Computers Were Not Affected By Global Microsoft Outage
Microsoft, the US-based tech giant, estimated that 8.5 million computers worldwide were affected due to the outage. The tech glitch happened on July 19 after Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity software company, rolled out its routine update.
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This Country Was Left Untouched By Biggest-Ever IT Outage
Microsoft's global outage created havoc. From airline to broadcasting, the blue screen error, in a way, brought the daily operations to a standstill on Friday. Now, it has been reported that China remained largely unaffected by the outage.
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Microsoft Plans to Make Windows More Resilient to CrowdStrike-Like Incidents via New Platform
Microsoft Windows will be updated with improvements that are aimed at enhancing its resilience against incidents triggered by security firm, such as the global outage caused by CrowdStrike in July. After its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit, Microsoft announced its intention to help security vendors adapt their solutions to function outsi...
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Microsoft to Host Cybersecurity Summit After CrowdStrike-Induced IT Outage
Microsoft has announced that it will host a summit next month that will let industry members understand how to improve cybersecurity systems, in the aftermath of a faulty update from security firm CrowdStrike that left millions of Windows computers around the world in an unusable state on July 19. The gathering on September 10 at its headquarters w...
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Microsoft Says Delta Airlines' Lack of Modernised IT Delayed its Recovery After Recent Outage
Microsoft has said that Delta, unlike its competitors, apparently had not modernised its IT infrastructure that caused the airlines to struggle with recovery. Delta, however, said it has invested billions of dollars in IT capital expenditures since 2016.
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CrowdStrike Conducts External Review to Better Understand What Triggered the Global Outage
CrowdStrike, the US-based cybersecurity firm, caused a global outage on July 19 after an update resulted in Windows laptops and desktops crashing and getting stuck in the boot loop. After fixing the issue, the company published a post-incident report highlighting that its artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Falcon sensor caused an error. Now...
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Microsoft Blames Delta For Its Struggle To Recover From Global Outage
Microsoft blamed Delta Air Lines on Tuesday for its dayslong struggle to recover from a global cyber outage that led it to cancel more than 6,000 flights.
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Delta CEO Slams Microsoft As "Most Fragile" Platform After Global Outage
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian declared Microsoft "the most fragile" platform after a massive IT outage last month caused chaos across the world.
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Weeks After "Blue Screen Of Death", Cyberattack Causes New Microsoft Outage
The tech giant said it was a DDoS attack that floods a service with traffic in order to bring them to a standstill.
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Who Crippled France's Rail Network? 'Fake' Crowdstrike Worker Has An Answer
A tweet claiming responsibility for a global Microsoft outage triggered a meme fest on X. Today, the same man has returned with another post, this time taking credit for the chaos that ensued after three arson attacks on France's railways.
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'Fake' CrowdStrike Worker Takes Credit For French Rail Network Collapse
A tweet claiming responsibility for a global Microsoft outage triggered a meme fest on X. Today, the same man has returned with another post, this time taking credit for the chaos that ensued after three arson attacks on France's railways.
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This Country Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Pay For Losses Due To IT Outage
Malaysia's digital minister, Gobind Singh Deo, has asked Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week's global tech outage, Reuters reported.
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Terminal Cancer Patient's Brain Surgery Delayed By Microsoft Outage
Mrs Mooney was diagnosed with stage 4B terminal cervical cancer in February 2022, which had already spread to her lungs.
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Days After Microsoft Outage, YouTube Down For Some Users
Some YouTube users in India reportedly experienced trouble uploading videos on the app and website of the Google-owned platform on Monday.
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Microsoft Rolls Out Recovery Tool to Help Fix Windows PCs Affected by CrowdStrike Update
Microsoft has released a USB recovery tool to repair the PCs and other machines impacted by the infamous CrowdStrike update, the company announced in a blog post. A bootable USB drive can be created using which IT admins can expedite the repair process and get disrupted devices back on track.
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Why Home Computers Were Not Affected By Global Microsoft Outage
Microsoft, the US-based tech giant, estimated that 8.5 million computers worldwide were affected due to the outage. The tech glitch happened on July 19 after Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity software company, rolled out its routine update.
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This Country Was Left Untouched By Biggest-Ever IT Outage
Microsoft's global outage created havoc. From airline to broadcasting, the blue screen error, in a way, brought the daily operations to a standstill on Friday. Now, it has been reported that China remained largely unaffected by the outage.
