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

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

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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Microsoft’s massive outage explained in 10 points: Blue Screen of Death, Azure, CrowdStrike and all we know so far – Times of India

A massive IT outage has thrown businesses and critical services into chaos globally, with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 services experiencing widespread disruptions. The root cause? A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike, affecting countless Windows PCs and servers across various sectors. What is the root of this global IT crisis The primary trigger was…

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

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

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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Slower check-ins & long queues at airports as many airlines hit by Microsoft CrowdStrike outage – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Microsoft global outage has affected the check-in systems used by Indian carriers including IndiGo, Akasa and SpiceJet since 10.45 am Friday — leading to slower processes and long queues. Industry sources say other airlines like Air India Group are so far not affected. Airports are also affected.IndiGo, India’s largest airline by passenger carriage…

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