CrowdStrike, is a prominent cybersecurity technology company that provides security services for endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. They are well-known for their Falcon Sensor Software designed to protect against cyberattacks. On Thursday, July 18 2024 there was a crash on Microsoft systems related to an update in Falcon Sensor software. This update involved a single file that added extra logic for detecting bad actors.

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Earlier today, CrowdStrike released a new update on their Falcon Sensor product. Unfortunately, the update caused technical issues, resulting in major outages globally to Microsoft Windows machines. The issue caused the “Blue Screen of Death” and several reports worldwide stated that several industries were affected, such as airlines, banks, media, etc. According to CrowdStrike Tech Alert, they are already aware of reports of crashes on Windows hosts related to the CrowdStrike Sensors.