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Microsoft outage: Government asks companies to block these 25 ‘dangerous URLs’ — full list – Times of India

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Earlier this month several businesses across the world came to a standstill, thanks to a flawed security update that the US-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike pushed for Microsoft Windows machines. The defective software update pushed by CrowdStrike to its customers disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and other critical services, affecting about 8.5 million machines running Microsoft’s Windows…

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CrowdStrike outage: Microsoft now wants to keep away the access of Windows Kernel from these companies – Times of India

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Microsoft is advocating for significant changes to Windows security architecture in the wake of a major outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update last week. The incident, which affected 8.5 million PCs, has prompted Microsoft to reassess the resilience of its operating system and consider limiting kernel-level access for third-party security vendors.John Cable, Microsoft’s vice…

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This $10 gift card appears to be CrowdStrike’s ‘compensation’ for thousands of cancelled flights, suspension in health services and ‘more pain’ – Times of India

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CrowdStrike, the Cybersecurity firm responsible for crashing of about 8.5 million computers all over the world last week, has reportedly offered a $10 gift card as a token of apology “for the inconvenience”. Reportedly, some people received an email from CrowdStrike offering them the gift card for “the additional work that the July 19 incident…

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Microsoft outage: CrowdStrike CEO explains the ‘logic’ that went wrong – Times of India

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A faulty software update from US-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused widespread disruptions on Friday, impacting critical services from airlines and banks to hospitals and stock exchanges. Millions of Windows computers worldwide were rendered inoperable for several hours, and may across the world still continue to. In a blog post, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, has explained…

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10 Microsoft outage memes that broke the internet – Times of India

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Microsoft Windows users across the globe were impacted by a faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. It triggered countless devices to crash and display the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), disrupting operations across industries including airlines, banking and broadcasting.Later in the day, CrowdStrike identified the issue and rolled back the problematic update.While the immediate…

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Microsoft outage: Company says issue resolved; residual impact still affecting some apps and services – Times of India

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Computers running Microsoft Windows have been hit with a wave of “blue screen of death” errors, triggering one of the most widespread IT disruptions in recent memory. The culprit appears to be a faulty update to cybersecurity software from CrowdStrike. Industries from aviation to finance have been severely impacted. Airlines have faced significant delays and…

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India’s reaction to global Microsoft outage: ‘Reason identified, NIC not affected’ | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Hours into the Microsoft crisis on Friday, Information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the department is in touch with Microsoft and its associates. The reason for this outage has been identified and updates have been released to resolve the issue, the minister said adding that CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) was issuing a…

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‘My first hand-written boarding pass’: Flyer shares unique experience as Microsoft outage affects airline services | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: A domestic flyer in India shared his unique experience of receiving a hand-written boarding pass due to the global tech outage as Microsoft/Crowdstrike services went down. “The Microsoft / CrowdStrike outage has taken down most airports in India. I got my first hand-written boarding pass today,” wrote a flyer, travelling from Hyderabad to…

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