The routine update to CrowdStrike’s widely used cybersecurity software that caused a global meltdown on Friday did not pass adequate quality checks before it was released, industry experts say. The newest version of the Falcon Sensor software is supposed to make CrowdStrike’s customers’ systems more secure by shielding them against would-be hackers by updating the threats it protects against. However, faulty code in the update files caused one of the biggest tech blackouts in recent years, affecting companies using Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Banks, airlines, hospitals, and even government agencies faced serious problems. CrowdStrike released information on how to fix the affected systems, but experts stressed that fixing the problems would take time as it required deleting the faulty code. The problems came to light shortly after the first system updates, with users posting pictures of computers on social media with a message […]
Source: News Beast
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