CrowdStrike says it will lay off 500 workers
Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike said on Wednesday that it would lay off 5% of its global workforce, which amounts to about 500 workers. In an 8-K filing, CrowdStrike said the layoffs were part of a “a…
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Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach
A hacker compromised the U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool months before its ‘massive’ data breach in December, according to a now-published forensic report into the incident conducted by U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. In a letter sent…
The rise and fall of the ‘Scattered Spider’ hackers
After evading capture for more than two years following a hacking spree that targeted some of the world’s biggest tech companies, U.S. authorities say they have finally caught at least some of the hackers responsible.…
Office apps crash on Windows 11 24H2 PCs with CrowdStrike antivirus
Another week, another issue with Windows 11 24H2 cropping up. It’s been over a month since the major Windows 11 update began rolling out to users and we’ve seen network connectivity issues, blue screen crashes,…
Apple fixes bugs in macOS Sequoia that broke some cybersecurity tools
In September, Apple released the new version of its computer operating system macOS 15, also known as Sequoia, which broke the functionality of several cybersecurity products, including those made by CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Three weeks…
Apple’s new macOS Sequoia update is breaking some cybersecurity tools
On Monday, Apple released its latest computer operating system update called macOS 15, or Sequoia. And, somehow, the software update has broken the functionality of several security tools made by CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Microsoft, and others,…
CrowdStrike faces onslaught of legal action from faulty software update
When the now infamous CrowdStrike software update took down companies all over the world in July, it was inevitable that lawsuits would follow — and follow they have. Delta suing the company for as much…
CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage
Enlarge / Shares in SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks have risen since July’s IT outage, while CrowdStrike has shed almost a quarter of its market value. Getty Images CrowdStrike’s president hit out at “shady” efforts…
CrowdStrike accepts award for ‘most epic fail’ after global IT outage
Just a few weeks after its software update triggered a global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike isn’t shying away from the spotlight. In fact, the company’s president Michael Sentonas even took the stage at the Pwnie Awards to accept the…
After global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike courts hackers with action figures and gratitude
On Wednesday morning, thousands of cybersecurity professionals swarmed the halls of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, the epicenter of the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference, where dozens of companies were advertising their…