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☆ Iran is helping the Houthi rebels in Yemen target and down U.S. Reaper drones, U.S. officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Iran is helping the Houthi rebels in Yemen target U.S. Reaper drones, which has enabled the Houthis to shoot down or damage several of the massive, unmanned aircraft, say two U.S. officials. The interference severely inhibits the U.S. ability to gather intelligence and increases the chance that the drones could drift into unfriendly airspace. The U.S. military has struggled to stop some Houthi air defense systems because rather than radars, the Houthis often use electro-optical systems to find targets. Iran sent a spy ship to the waters near Yemen to help the Houthis target ships in the Red Sea. It appears the U.S. plan to interdict shipments of Iranian weapons and destroy stockpiles of weapons and drones has failed to roll back Houthi attacks on cargo ships, Knights said.

Persons: Michael Knights, ”, Knights, “ Organizations: U.S, Pentagon, NBC, Defense Intelligence Agency, White House National Security Council, Washington Institute for Near, Policy, NBC News, ” Knights, U.S . Navy, “ Locations: Iran, Yemen, Tehran, Israel, U.S, Eastern Europe, Syria, Red

☆ Companies without cyber insurance could be making a costly mistake
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Many companies don't have cyber insurance because of costs, but the market is growing. Cyber insurance can help companies recover financially from cyberattacks and data breaches. But one way leaders can minimize the impact of losses from a cybersecurity incident is by getting cyber insurance. One reason is the cost: The Cyber Readiness Institute estimates that cyber insurance can cost businesses $500 to $5,000 a year. What cyber insurance does and doesn't coverMany policies offer first- and third-party coverage, and most companies need both, Engstrom said.

Persons: —, Shruti Engstrom, Engstrom, Josephine Wolff, Wolff, it's, Stephen Boyer, Boyer Organizations: Service, IBM, Tufts University, Insurance, Federal Trade Commission, Companies Locations: cyberattacks

☆ Wireless device explosions latest in suspected Israeli ‘black ops’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Almost exactly 24 hours later, walkie-talkies detonated in a fresh wave of explosions Wednesday across Lebanon, a security source told CNN. In response, Israel launched “Operation Wrath of God” and spent years tracking down those involved in the Munich Massacre. Mahmoud Zayat/AFP/Getty ImagesIranian nuclear scientistsSince 2010, five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in foreign-linked assassinations, as Israel tries to prevent its greatest adversary from developing nuclear weapons. Iranian officials said the weapon had used artificial intelligence and facial recognition to detect Fakhrizadeh and open fire, before the car, reportedly packed with explosives, self-destructed. Top Iranian officials blamed Israel for the assassination.

Persons: Israel, God ”, Mahmoud Hamshari, –, ’, Yahya Ayyash, ”, Ayyash, Mahmoud Zayat, Moshe Ya’alon, Der Spiegel, “, Stuxnet, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's, David Kennedy, ” Kennedy, Ismail Haniyeh Organizations: CNN, Hezbollah, Munich, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Firefighters, Getty, Israeli, ”, Military, Iranian Defense Ministry, US National Security Agency, The New York Times Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Munich, Palestinian, Palestine, Paris, Italian, Gaza, Saida, AFP, United States, Iranian, Bushehr, Israel, Tehran, Nissan

☆ Hezbollah decided months ago to switch from risky cellphones to pagers for security. The low-tech devices just blew up.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewHezbollah militants decided to switch from risky cellphones to old-fashioned pagers only months before the devices suddenly blew up across Lebanon on Tuesday, earlier reporting shows. Wireless pagers used by Iran-backed Hezbollah members mysteriously detonated around Lebanon, killing at least eight people and injuring nearly 3,000 more, including scores of militants, per local estimates. Hezbollah and Lebanon have both blamed Israel for the carnage, which has not claimed responsibility. Lebanese security services told Reuters on Tuesday that the pagers were new models acquired by Hezbollah in recent months. AdvertisementDespite long-standing concerns of escalation, Israel and Hezbollah have managed to avoid a wider confrontation.

Persons: —, Israel, Washington, It's, Marwan Naamani, Benjamin Netanyahu's Organizations: Service, Wireless, Business, US State Department, American University, Getty Images, Reuters, Hezbollah Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Beirut, Ukraine, Lebanese, Israel

☆ What business leaders should know about the SEC's cybersecurity disclosure rule
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Last year, the SEC mandated that public companies disclose material cybersecurity incidents. "These types of cybersecurity incidents have a real impact, potentially, on shareholder value," Kate Dedenbach, a privacy and cyber attorney at Fisher Phillips in Detroit, told Business Insider. "The SEC's goal is to provide investors with more robust and timely information about cybersecurity incidents so they can make more knowledgeable investment decisions." There's a timeframe for disclosuresThe SEC says that determining a cybersecurity incident's materiality should be done "without reasonable delay" but doesn't specify a timeframe. The SEC says companies can delay disclosure if a cybersecurity incident poses a substantial risk to national security or public safety.

Persons: —, Hugh Thompson, Kate Dedenbach, Fisher Phillips, Thompson, LoanDepot, Lei Zhou, Zhou, Dedenbach, Steve Winterfeld, it's, Winterfeld, cyberattacks, Winterfield Organizations: SEC, Service, RSA Conference, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft, Forbes, University of, Akamai Technologies Locations: Detroit

ET, the X account belonging to Trump's daughter-in-law, Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump appeared to announce that the digital currency project, dubbed World Liberty Financial, had been launched. One minute later, Donald Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump's X account also posted an endorsement and a website link. All of which makes it nearly impossible for the public to trace the identity of the person behind the fake World Liberty Financial sites. A few minutes after Lara Trump's posts, her husband, Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, appeared to use his own X account to write "This is a scam!!" All of these posts, including Eric Trump's warning, have since been deleted.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump's, Lara Trump, Donald Trump's, Tiffany Trump's, Trump, Njalla Okta, Lara Trump's, Eric Trump, Eric Trump's Organizations: Republican, Trump, Republican National Committee, Liberty Financial, Liberty Locations: Cambria, Johnstown , Pennsylvania, U.S, Caribbean, St, Kitts, Nevis

☆ Dick's Sporting Goods blows past earnings estimates but issues cautious guidance ahead of 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

For fiscal 2024, Dick's is now expecting diluted earnings per share to be between $13.55 and $13.90, up from previous guidance of $13.35 to $13.75 per share. At the midpoint, Dick's only raised its earnings guidance by about 18 cents, even though its fiscal second-quarter earnings came in 54 cents higher than expected. At the low end, Dick's earnings guidance falls a bit short of the $13.79 that analysts had expected, according to LSEG. Dick's maintained its sales guidance of $13.1 billion to $13.2 billion, which also fell flat compared with the $13.24 billion that analysts were looking for, according to LSEG. Dick's is slated to discuss its results with analysts and share more insights on its guidance at 8 a.m.

Persons: Lauren Hobart, Dick's, didn't, Walmart –, there's Organizations: Sporting Goods, LSEG, Target, Walmart, Federal

☆ A recent study suggests companies are vulnerable to cyberattacks after layoffs. Here's how they can avoid costly data breaches.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A new study suggests layoffs can lead to cyberattacks from disgruntled employees. A new study suggests they may also fuel a desire for revenge, which could put companies at risk of a cyberattack. Tran discussed what companies should know about the connection between layoffs and cybersecurity breaches and how organizations can minimize their risk. Being proactive and emphasizing ethical conduct and data security during layoffs could reduce the risk of data breaches in those situations. What aspect of layoffs and data breaches do you plan to study next?

Persons: Thi Tran, —, Binghamton University Tran, Tran, We'll Organizations: Service, Binghamton University, Pacific Asia Conference, Information Systems Locations: Vietnam

☆ Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged. The high court is packed with Maduro loyalists and has almost never ruled against the government. Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice President Caryslia Rodriguez in Caracas on Aug. 22. Gabriel Boric, the leftist president of Chile and one of the main critics of Maduro’s election gambit, lambasted the high court’s certification. “Today, Venezuela’s TSJ has finally consolidated the fraud,” he said on his X account referring to the initials of the high court.

Persons: Venezuela —, Nicolás Maduro’s, Maduro, Caryslia Rodriguez, Federico Parra, Edmundo González, ” González, Maria Corina Machado, Nicolas Maduro, Cristian Hernandez, González, Gabriel Boric, Venezuela’s TSJ, ” Organizations: Venezuela — Venezuela’s, Venezuelan, Getty, United Nations, Carter Center Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, Caracas, AFP, Venezuelan, North Macedonia, Chile

☆ Halliburton confirms a cyberattack forced it to take its systems offline
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Halliburton confirmed on Friday that it was hit by a cyberattack that forced the major oilfield services company to take systems offline. The company said the investigation is “ongoing” and its response includes restoring systems and assessing the damage. The company did not immediately respond to a request for further comment about whether its operations have been disrupted. The Energy Department told CNN on Thursday that there were no signs that energy services had been impacted. Halliburton previously would say only that it was experiencing an “issue” without confirming or denying a Reuters report it was cyber-related.

Persons: CNN — Halliburton, Halliburton, ” Halliburton, “ Organizations: CNN, Halliburton, FBI, Energy Department, Infrastructure Security Agency, The Energy Department

☆ Snowflake shares sink 14% on decelerating product revenue growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of Snowflake closed down more than 14% on Thursday after the data cloud analytics company released fiscal second-quarter 2025 earnings that beat Wall Street's estimates but showed decelerating product revenue growth compared to past quarters. The company reported $829.3 million in product revenue, which accounts for most of Snowflake's sales, up 30% year over year. They said the company's smaller product revenue beat and deceleration in growth will not inspire weary investors. "A 2% product revenue beat in Q2, down from 5% in Q1, with product revenue growth dipping further to 29.5% YoY," likely sows "enough doubt in the investor conversation to keep shares under pressure in the near-term," the analysts wrote in a note Thursday. "True, 30% y/y product growth is slower than the 33-34% level we saw the past 2 quarters.

Persons: Sridhar Ramaswamy, Morgan Stanley, Snowflake's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: LSEG, Barclays Locations: Toronto

☆ Trump Media tumbles for a 2nd day after the former president returns to X and interviews with Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Trump Media dropped almost 4% Tuesday following the former president's interview with Elon Musk. Truth Social's latest earnings show the social media company is still struggling to turn a profit. AdvertisementShares of Donald Trump's media company tumbled for a second day on Tuesday after the former president returned to his firm's top rival after a three-year hiatus. In earnings released last week, Trump Media posted a $16 million loss and a decline in revenue in the most recent quarter. Trump's interview with Musk, streamed on X, lasted over two hours and attracted as many as 1.3 million listeners.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Donald Trump's, Trump, Twitter —, Musk, Kamala Harris Organizations: Trump Media, Elon, Trump, Service, Truth, Capitol, Twitter, Republican, National Association of Black Journalists Conference Locations: Georgia, Chicago, Palm Beach , Florida

☆ F.B.I. Investigating Hacking That Trump Campaign Attributes to Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Adam Goldman | More About Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

said on Monday that it was investigating whether the Trump campaign had been hacked, days after the former president said Iran had launched a cyberattack. The bureau did not specifically name Iran or former President Donald J. Trump but referred to news reports about a “campaign cyberintrusion.”“We can confirm the F.B.I. has said Iran, China and Russia were at the top of the list. Russia has a long history of trying to sow chaos in American elections, targeting the Democratic National Committee in 2016. The Trump campaign has so far provided no evidence of Iran’s involvement, but on Friday Microsoft said a hacking group run by the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had breached the account of a “former senior adviser” to a presidential campaign.

Persons: Trump, Donald J, ” Organizations: Democratic National Committee, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Locations: Iran, U.S, China, Russia

☆ X Spaces with Trump is off to a glitchy start.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Kate Conger | Ryan Mac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk’s live conversation with former president Donald J. Trump on X got off to a glitchy start on Monday, a setback for the social media service as Mr. Musk pushes the company to regain its dominance as an online epicenter of political discourse. Those who were able to get the livestream to work were met with hold music. The Spaces event was originally scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Eastern. Mr. Musk blamed a cyberattack known as a distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS, for the glitches. DDoS attacks work by flooding servers with malicious traffic and knocking them offline.

Persons: Elon Musk’s, Donald J, Trump, Musk Organizations: X

☆ Elon Musk, Donald Trump event on X crashes site, Tesla CEO blames cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shortly after 8:20 p.m., Musk, the billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO, blamed a cyberattack for the freezing screens. As the evening went on and the platform struggled to resolve the technical issue, Musk said that the interview would proceed at 8:30 E.T. "This massive attack illustrates there's a lot of opposition to people just hearing what President Trump has to say, but I'm honored to have this conversation," Musk said. In response to CNBC's request for comment about the technical delay, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung pointed to Musk's X post blaming a potential cyberattack. The glitch was reminiscent of X's technical disaster in 2023 that botched Florida Gov.

Persons: Elon Musk's, Donald Trump, Tesla, Musk, X, Trump, Steven Cheung, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden Organizations: SpaceX, Florida Gov Locations: Florida

☆ Suspected Iranian hackers breached personal email account of someone associated with Trump campaign, investigators believe
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able to compromise the personal email account of someone associated with the campaign, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The hackers used access to the breached personal email account to try to break into the account of a senior Trump campaign official as part of a persistent effort to access campaign networks, one of the sources said. The FBI also briefed the Biden-Harris campaign in June about Iranian hackers targeting that campaign, one of the sources said. The FBI said in a statement Monday that it was investigating the reported cyberattack on the Trump campaign but declined to comment further. But the techniques used by the hackers to target the Trump campaign match those associated with Iranian hackers, according to one source familiar with the matter.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, “, Avril Haines, CNN’s Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, FBI, Trump, Microsoft, Biden, stoke Locations: Iran, Israel

☆ Trump campaign says it has been hacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday in a statement that it had been hacked. When asked whether the Trump campaign had been in contact with law enforcement, a campaign official said it would not discuss those kinds of conversations. Politico reported it had received emails that contained internal communications from a senior Trump campaign official and a research dossier the campaign had put together on Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The dossier included what the Trump campaign identified as Vance’s potential vulnerabilities. In 2016, days before the Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks published nearly 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee server.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, ” Trump, Steven Cheung, Cheung, “, Trump’s, Trump, Butler, ” Cheung, ”, it’s, Harris, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hillary Clinton, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Wasserman Schultz, Clinton, Kevin Liptak Organizations: CNN, Politico, Democratic, Microsoft, Iranian, U.S, United Nations, FBI, Justice Department, Secret, Biden, Harris Administration, National Security, Trump, White, GOP, Democratic National Convention, WikiLeaks, Democratic National Committee Locations: United States, Iran, Florida, Russia

☆ Why the market's most-regulated companies need military-grade cybersecurity
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Barbara Booth | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Finance, health care and other regulated industries should consider their specific needs and tailor their defenses with military-grade components, he added. The implementation of military-grade cybersecurity is not without challenges. In 2024, regulated industries have witnessed a significant increase in both the number and cost of data breaches. Frederic Rivain, chief technology officer of Dashlane, holds a contrarian view on the need for military-grade defenses. "Multifactor authentication is important, and you must have it, but you still need to have multiple layers," Two Bears said.

Persons: CrowdStrike, Javad Abed, Abed, shouldn't, Cole, Didi, National Intelligence Avril Haines, Gen, Gary Orenstein, Orenstein, doesn't, Frederic Rivain, Rivain Organizations: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Delta Air Lines, Finance, IBM, Ponemon Institute, Bears, Amazon, Data, Verizon, National Intelligence, Employees Locations: ThinkGard, U.S, China, America

☆ Analysis: In Venezuela, voters caught in Maduro’s dangerous dance are seeking answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Flora Charner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“We want peace for Venezuela, for our family members,” a protester, who chose not to be identified, told reporting teams on the ground. Leo Ramirez/AFP/Getty Images/FileA ‘cyberattack’ curveballIt seems unlikely Maduro’s government will pay too much attention to the concerns raised over the results. Nearly 8 million people have left Venezuela since 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts following the election results in Caracas on July 29, 2024. “We want Venezuela to be free and for the people’s will to be respected,” she said.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Nicolás Maduro, “, Nicolas Maduro, ” Maduro, Edmundo González, González, Maria Corina Machado, ”, Federico Parra, Antony Blinken, Stephane Dujarric, Maduro’s, Miguel Díaz, Canel, Leo Ramirez, it’s, Tarek William Saab, Machado, Leopoldo López, Lester Toledo, Panamá, Consultores, Maduro, ” Eva Martinez, Will Freeman, Juan Barreto, Hugo Chavez, Chavez, sobbed Heczair Blanco Organizations: CNN, Bolivarian, Electoral Council, Armed Forces, Getty, UN, The United Nations, Carter Center, Washington, Twitter, AFP, CNE, Caracas Monday, Saab, ’, United Nations, Refugees, US Customs, Border Patrol, Council, Foreign Relations, Democrats, Biden Locations: Miraflores, Caracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Venezuelan, AFP, United States, Tokyo, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, China, Cuba, North Macedonia, Balkans, UNHCR, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, “, Buenos Aires

☆ Rapid renewable energy growth leads FBI to warn hackers will hit new, vulnerable power supply
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Michelle Castillo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Government incentives, including the Inflation Reduction Act, have encouraged individuals and private ownership groups to invest in clean energy systems. The renewable energy industry's rapid expansion in the U.S. in some cases is occurring without traditional utility protocols and regulations. The boom in renewable energy has also led manufacturers of products and services to ramp up their offerings. Inverters connected to the internet, in particular, could be controlled by hackers to reduce output or overheat home energy systems. Other major players in the U.S. utilities and renewable energy sector, including Next Era Energy, Constellation, Enphase Energy, First Solar and Sunrun, did not respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Jim Hempstead, SEIA, Bheshaj Krishnappa, Freddie Mac, Moody's, Jim Guinn Organizations: FBI, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Metropolitan Washington Council, Governments, Department of Defense, U.S ., Solar Energy Industries Association, Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, Constellation Energy, Corporation, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity, GE Vernova, Constellation, Enphase Energy Locations: U.S, California , Utah, Wyoming, United States, China, Russia, Iran, cyberattacks

☆ CrowdStrike's crisis management strategy holds lessons for all companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He believed Kurtz deserves credit for quickly engaging the media on Friday, apologizing, and promising solutions — even if social media users say the apology didn't come fast enough. The steps to take in a crisisGood crisis management can be boiled down to a few simple yet crucial steps, the two experts told BI. But as disruption from the CrowdStrike outage slowly lessens, many are still concerned by the in-built potential of technology-reliant systems crashing, bringing down all operations with them. Griffin said his company, which provides crisis management software, is now reviewing its plans and policies to prevent the kind of tech failure CrowdStrike experienced. "The bottom line is that crisis management is not a check the box; it is an evolution and requires continuous training, exercising, and learning to improve, especially as the nature of threats and types of incidents evolve."

Persons: —, CrowdStrike, George Kurtz, Kurtz, Getty, Shawn Henry —, Sean Griffin, Griffin, Peer, it's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Windows, Madrid, Barajas, Europa Press, Disaster Tech

☆ Republican representatives call on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Republican representatives on Monday called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify in front of the House Committee on Homeland Security, days after the company issued a faulty software update that crashed millions of Microsoft Windows devices. The outage caused disruptions across "key functions" of the global economy, including banking, aviation, health care, emergency services and media, the lawmakers said. Kurtz said Friday that the outage was not a cyberattack or security incident, and CrowdStrike deployed a fix that day. Green and Garbarino asked CrowdStrike to set up a hearing with the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection by Wednesday at the latest. CrowdStrike and Microsoft did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment.

Persons: George Kurtz, Mark Green, Andrew Garbarino, Garbarino, Kurtz, CrowdStrike Organizations: Microsoft Corp, Homeland Security, Microsoft, Protection Locations: New Delhi, India, U.S

☆ CrowdStrike outage: What we know 4 days after a software update brought down computer systems around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Four days after a faulty software update from a cybersecurity company unexpectedly brought down computers and technical systems across the world, airlines and some other companies are still experiencing delays and other technical problems. The outage was related to a software update rolled out by CrowdStrike, a major US cybersecurity firm. The issue is specific to Falcon, one of CrowdStrike’s main software products, and is not impacting Mac or Linux operating systems, according to the advisory. US-based carriers American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Allegiant Airlines, SunCountry and Frontier Airlines all reported issues on Friday. More than 1,200 Delta flights were canceled on Sunday, after the carrier canceled 1,208 flights on Saturday, according to FlightAware.

Persons: ” –, Patrick Anderson, —, CrowdStrike, “, George Kurtz, Kurtz, Crowdstrike, United, Delta, Pete Buttigieg, Ed Bastian, ” Buttigieg, Bastian, it’s, David Kennedy, “ It’s, ” Kennedy, “ There’s, Buttigieg, Brigham, Dana Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Anderson Economic Group, Fortune, Travelers, Marriott International, American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Allegiant Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Delta Airlines, Delta, Delta Air, Department, Turkish Airlines, Jetstar, Hong Kong Express, Cebu Pacific, Binary Defense, Mass, Penn Medicine, Mount, Mount Sinai Health, Emory Healthcare, Farber Cancer Institute, New, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Government, Social Security, Department of Motor Vehicles, UPS, FedEx Locations: Delta, FlightAware, Jetstar Japan, Hong, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Mount Sinai, New York, Atlanta, Boston, Arizona, Alaska, Washington ,

☆ CrowdStrike imposters are luring victims into scams after global tech outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Fake tech support scams have emerged after the CrowdStrike outage disrupted systems worldwide. The outage was caused by a defective software update from CrowdStrike, not a cyberattack. CrowdStrike warned about phishing and fake websites and shared a list of impersonators. AdvertisementTech support scams are popping up after Friday's CrowdStrike debacle, which disrupted computer systems worldwide and across industries. The meltdown was triggered by a faulty software update CrowdStrike released in the morning, leaving businesses and others scrambling for solutions.

Persons: CrowdStrike, —, Friday's Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Crowdstrike says the global IT outage was not caused by a cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz said a mass outage was not caused by a cyberattack. He said customers were affected "by a defect found in a single content update for Windows." AdvertisementCrowdstrike, the firm linked to the major global IT outage, has ruled out a cyberattack. In a statement on X, CEO George Kurtz said the outage was "not a security incident or cyberattack." He said the company was "actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts.

Persons: George Kurtz, Kurtz, — Organizations: Service, Windows, Linux, Business

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