A rather strange situation occurred early in the day last weekend and there was a very specific failure associated with it Windows From Microsoft, which prevents many situations related to bank accounts and even commercial flight schedules. And although the program is from the company called, who was really issuing the rule CrowdstrikeAnd in the process many devices are damaged and vulnerable user data is compromised.
A recent outage caused by a faulty update to a cybersecurity platform affected more than 8 million devices Windows Microsoft Confirmed that the update compromised about 8.5 million computers, although this represents less than 1% of all machines, many played important roles such as computers in billing control and online broadcasting.
Crowdstrike Specified that the issue affected devices running the Falcon sensorA Windows 7.11 y Later versions, mainly those that are updated within a certain period of time The error originated in a configuration file called the “channel file” that contained an invalid termination, triggering a reboot loop and the oh-so-terrible blue screen of death on affected systems.
Microsoft y CrowdStrike hWorked together to help customers solve problems, highlighting the importance of such updates in response to new techniques and strategies discovered in the cyber security space.
Author’s Note: This is quite an interesting event that took the world by surprise last Friday. And it shows us that the world is already very dependent on these devices.
