Day: July 20, 2024
Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
A general view from Changi Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Singapore. Zakaria Zainal | Anadolu | Getty Images As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions […]
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Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage
The blue screen of death errors on computer screens are viewed due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. Harun Ozalp | Anadolu | Getty Images A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity […]
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Rep. Mark Takano calls on Biden to exit race, pass the torch to Harris
Chairman Mark Takano, of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (D-CA) speaks alongside members of the Congressional Delegation who recently traveled to the Indo-Pacific Region at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol Building on August 10, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images California Rep. Mark Takano on […]
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The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making
When computer screens went blue worldwide on Friday, flights were grounded, hotel check-ins became impossible, and freight deliveries were brought to a stand-still. Businesses resorted to paper and pen. And initial suspicions landed on some sort of cyberterrorist attack. The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. “In […]
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The Crowdstrike outage and global software’s single-point failure problem
The frequency of large-scale attacks on corporate enterprise IT is increasing. That’s not unusual or unexpected as companies spend heavily on cyber defense in an asymmetric war against hackers who can string together a few lines of code and wreak havoc. But the largest IT outage ever on Friday, resulting from a CrowdStrike software bug […]
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‘Just buying, buying, buying’: What the recent small-cap boom suggests about the appetite for risk
ETF Edge ‘Just buying, buying, buying’: What the recent small-cap boom suggests about the appetite for risk Published Sat, Jul 20 202411:00 AM EDT Ellie Stevens@elliestevens02 WATCH LIVE Source
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CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
A general view from Dusseldorf Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Hesham Elsherif | Anadolu | Getty Images Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, […]
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Flight cancellations ease after IT outage but some disruptions linger
The United Airlines terminal on July 19, 2024 as a global technology outage affected LAX airport in Los Angeles. Myung J. Chun | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Flight cancellations and delays eased on Saturday as airlines worked to recover from a global IT outage sparked chaos at airports and for other industries a […]
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China’s Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after highway bridge collapse kills 11
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs a symposium on advancing the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and delivers an important speech in east China’s Shanghai, Nov. 30, 2023. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images President Xi Jinping urged all-out rescue efforts after a highway bridge collapse on Friday in Shaanxi […]
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Bangladesh army enforces curfew as students-led protests spiral
Anti-quota protests in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. Bangladesh students vowed on July 18 to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations. – | Afp | Getty Images Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the […]
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