The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others. Continue reading The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’

CrowdStrike Estimates the Tech Meltdown Caused by Its Bungling Left a $60 Million Dent in Its Sales

Massive outage spooked customers that had been expected to close deals totaling $60 million during the final few weeks of CrowdStrike’s fiscal Q2.
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Microsoft Convenes Endpoint Security Firms Following CrowdStrike Incident

Microsoft has called together cybersecurity firms and government representatives for its Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit.
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Microsoft Announces Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit With CrowdStrike on September 10

Microsoft has just announced a Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit on September 10 with the presence of CrowdStrike, other key security partners, as well as government representatives.
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CrowdStrike Hits Back at Action1 Following $1 Billion Acquisition Rumors

CrowdStrike has denied having any significant acquisition talks with patch management firm Action1 following rumors of a $1 billion deal.
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Las Vegas didn’t fold during CrowdStrike outage

Sin City’s chief information officer says incident response playbooks and muscle memory limited the incident’s impact locally.

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Hackaday Links: August 11, 2024

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“Please say it wasn’t a regex, please say it wasn’t a regex; aww, crap, it was a regex!” That seems to be the conclusion now that Crowdstrike has released a …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 11, 2024