Category Archives: Incident response

PR vs cybersecurity teams: Handling disagreements in a crisis

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Check out our first two articles in this series, Cybersecurity crisis communication: What to do and Crisis communication: What NOT to do. When a cyber incident happens inside an organization, everyone in the company has a stake in how to approach remediation. The problem is that not everyone agrees on how to handle the public […]

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97% of Devices Disrupted by CrowdStrike Restored as Insurer Estimates Billions in Losses

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CrowdStrike says 97% of Windows systems impacted by its bad update are back online, just as an insurer predicts billions in losses for major companies.
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Cloud security threats CISOs need to know about

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In this Help Net Security interview, Ava Chawla, Head of Cloud Security at AlgoSec, discusses the most significant cloud security threats CISOs must be aware of in 2024. These threats include data breaches, misconfiguration, insider threats, advanced p… Continue reading Cloud security threats CISOs need to know about→

CrowdStrike Explains Why Bad Update Was Not Properly Tested

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CrowdStrike has shared a preliminary incident review, explaining why the update that caused global chaos was not caught by testing. 
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Most Airlines Except One Are Recovering From the CrowdStrike Tech Outage. The Feds Have Noticed

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Delta has canceled more than 5,500 flights since the outage started early Friday morning.
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Canadian Startup Protexxa Attracts $10 Million Series A Financing

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Canadian cybersecurity startup Protexxa closes a $10 million Series A funding round that brings the total raised to $15 million.
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CrowdStrike CEO Called to Testify to Congress Over Cybersecurity Firm’s Role in Global Tech Outage

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U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify on widespread tech outage that services around the world.
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Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool

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Microsoft says roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process.
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CrowdStrike Provides Remediation Guidance After Software Update Causes Worldwide IT Chaos

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CrowdStrike on Saturday provided technical information and remediation guidance to help organizations impacted by the faulty software update that trigged massive IT outages across the globe on Friday.  
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