Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. With the entire world seemingly still trying to deal with what ...

On July 19, the same day a buggy CrowdStrike update caused widespread IT outages, the cybersecurity company's founder and CEO George Kurtz issued an apology — a mea culpa that was unique for its ...

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It remains unclear exactly why the hugely disruptive error occurred, the company says—especially given that such updates are very common. CrowdStrike said the ...

Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU.

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A fault with an update issued by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike led to a cascading effect among global IT systems Friday, with industries ranging from banking to airlines facing outages. Banks and ...

Everyone was minding their business on Friday when they discovered their flight was delayed, their bank wasn't working, or the hospital couldn't offer certain services. A Windows issue was affecting ...

The cybersecurity industry is becoming increasingly dangerous, with cyber threats growing in both frequency and sophistication. Recent stats show a 30% surge in global cyber attacks in Q2 2024 ...

CrowdStrike on Wednesday released more details about the cause of Friday's technology outage, which crippled Microsoft Windows computers around the world and disrupted airlines, hospitals, banks and ...

Thanks to an ugly software update failure, cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike (CRWD) suffered a humiliating implosion of equity value. It’s understandable. Companies like CrowdStrike are supposed to ...