Decipher Security Podcast
The editors of Decipher talk with a rotating cast of security practitioners, researchers, and executives about a variety of topics in the security and privacy fields.
Decipher Security Podcast
What Happened With the CrowdStrike Update and Azure Outage
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CrowdStrike said a problem with an update the company pushed to Falcon sensors on Windows hosts on July 18 caused a blue screen of death, an issue that coincided with a Microsoft Azure outage and widespread outages across airlines, banks, hospitals, and other services.
Our story on this incident: https://duo.com/decipher/crowdstrike-windows-update-linked-to-global-outages
The Windows monoculture paper: https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2003/09/cyberinsecurity_the.html