SAN FRANCISCO — Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed.
SAN FRANCISCO — Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed.The latest version of its Falcon sensor software was meant to make CrowdStrike clients' systems more secure against hacking by updating the threats it defends against.
'Patrick Wardle, a security researcher who specializes in studying threats against operating systems, said his analysis identified the code responsible for the outage.The update's problem was 'in a file that contains either configuration information or signatures,' he said. Such signatures are code that detects specific types of malicious code or malware.'It's very common that security products update their signatures, like once a day...
Software Checks Likely Behind Tech Crash
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