The endpoint detection software CrowdStrike made headlines for causing global outages on Windows machines around the world last Friday, leading to over 45,000 flight delays and over 5,000 cancellations, along with a number of other shutdowns, such as payment systems, healthcare services, and 911 operations. The cause? An update that was pushed by CrowdStrike to … continue reading
This morning, a number of major systems suffered an outage due to a bad CrowdStrike update. CrowdStrike is an endpoint protection system that runs in the background of a lot of enterprise computers to secure them, and the update caused Windows machines running the updated software to crash. The software update only affected Windows operating … continue reading
CrowdStrike is expanding its efforts to help organizations detect, prevent and respond to cyber attacks with its latest round of funding. The cybersecurity company announced a US$100 million Series C financing round led by Google Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to $156 million. “The question you may be asking is why is Google Capital … continue reading
