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The spokesman, while not quoted verbatim, is said to have told the WSJ that a 2009 deal with the European Commission is the reason why Microsoft can't lock down its operating system more to boost security. "Always remember that when you're pointing your finger at someone, you've got three pointing back at yourself."
CrowdStrike truly is the gift that gives today
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Always remember that when you're pointing your finger at someone, you've got three pointing back at yourself."
A quote not extended enough in the industry
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That's Microsoft being lazy. They could produce a user mode API to their security subsystems and force their own security people to use it. This would still comply with the EU agreement.
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IT admins now have a quicker way to get machines up and running again after CrowdStrike’s faulty update. Is it a Linux install?
Link to the Apple Store?
A copy of Windows 3.1?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A copy of Windows 3.1?
Watch out with diskette #3
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Kent Sharkey wrote: A copy of Windows 3.1?
The got the install disks from Southwest.
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Southwest is still flying high, unaffected by the outage that’s plaguing the world today, and that’s apparently because it’s using Windows 3.1. Imagine how well they'd be doing if they stuck with DOS
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This is one of those news where you are not sure if to laugh or to cry and scream 
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After the Southwest debacle a couple of years ago they need some good news about their technology.
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That pretty much undercuts all of MS's calls to upgrade to the latest version.
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Am I correct to assume this only affects machines that have software from CrowdStrike installed?
The difficult we do right away...
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No - it impacts all Windows machines running CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software. CrowdStrike is used by a lot of companies to provide front end security protection from ransomware and other malware that uses command and control servers.
modified 19-Jul-24 11:41am.
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OK, but I searched for the files named in the article, and they don't exist on my machine. I do not have a "CrowdStrike" folder in Windows\System32\drivers
The difficult we do right away...
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Are you running CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor software? If not then your machine isn't impacted by this bug.
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Well, that's what I was getting at. It only affects machines that have CrowdStrike software installed.
Thanks for the article. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
modified 19-Jul-24 13:08pm.
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Quote: No - it impacts all Windows machines running CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software. CrowdStrike is used by a lot of companies to provide front end security protection from ransomware and other malware that uses command and control servers.
Who's going to protect those companies from CrowdStrike?
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On the bright side, a crashed computer isn't vulnerable to a cyber attack.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: a crashed computer isn't vulnerable to a cyber attack.
Neither is a brick. And the brick, at least, may be thrown through the window of CrowdStrike's offices.
Not that I recommend that use; the local Law would probably take a dim view of it.
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Cyber security workers only review major updates to software applications only 54 percent of the time, according to a poll of tech managers. That's because the updates always work and fix all the problems
eventually
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That's because the updates always work and fix all the problems
I suppose many managers think: If Microsoft can do it, we can do it too.
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How is this possible if people are using code scanning tools?
Is the sample (as in size) for this assertion to imply it only includes firms not using such things?
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CrowdStrike is apparently one of those companies.
modified 19-Jul-24 11:44am.
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