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| David Weston / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft estimates that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5M Windows devices, or less than 1% of all Windows machines — On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that began impacting IT systems globally. Although this was not a Microsoft incident …
More: Reuters, Financial Express, Bloomberg, CrowdStrike, The Independent, Business Insider, Livemint, Politico, TechCrunch, CRN, Australian Financial Review, TweakTown, Newser, KnowTechie, Jen Easterly on LinkedIn, Bloomberg, Wccftech, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, New York Daily News, Fortune, Redmond Pie, Engadget, NPR, BBC, Neowin, GeekWire, Thurrott, NBC News, The Stack, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, WRIC-TV, Microsoft, Digital Trends, Times-Standard, Daring Fireball, KXAN-TV, TIME, and The Verge
Threads: @kylie.robison, @crumbler, @joshuamarris, @mckoss, @paulkerton, @jordanwfrank, and @justjason24
| CrowdStrike: |
CrowdStrike says a sensor configuration update to Windows systems triggered a logic error that resulted in a system crash and BSOD on impacted systems — What Happened? — On July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC, as part of ongoing operations, CrowdStrike released a sensor configuration update to Windows systems.
More: CrowdStrike, The Guardian, Neowin, CrowdStrike, The Verge, International Business Times, CrowdStrike, Reuters, The Stack, Business Insider, 404 Media, CrowdStrike, TechCrunch, CSO, Stack Diary, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Forbes, SC Media, CRN, WeLiveSecurity, Business Today, StateScoop, East Bay Times, Livemint, New York Times, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Economic Times, TweakTown, Cybernews.com, Pixel Envy, The Cyber Express, Cyber Daily, Newser, SecurityWeek, GeekWire, iTnews, GovTech, Wired, KXAN-TV, WDHN-TV, and WRIC-TV
Threads: @benweston88, @arcanedrifter, @weispaints, @dino.luck, @thekyefox, @technicallymims, and @techronic9876
Mastodon: @MaybeMyMonkeys@mastodon …, @JMarkOckerbloom …, @ultranurd@tacobelllabs.net, and @chandlerc@hachyderm.io. Bluesky: @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social
X: @taviso, @patrickwardle, @george_kurtz, @eastdakota, @rakyll, @stevesi, @tomwarren, @stevesi, @jperlow, @norootcause, @vkoukis, @0xtib3rius, @tobycmurray, @drandrewdwyer, @robmen, @gossithedog, @techspence, @perpetualmaniac, @jamiejbartlett, @loxyflo, @jason, @arekfurt, @eastdakota, @shanselman, @stevesi, @k8em0, and @hackerfantastic
LinkedIn: Mahmoud Marzouk, Mikhail Sosonkin, Ann Johnson, and Igor Volovich
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/crowdstrike, and Lobsters
| Washington Post: |
One defective CrowdStrike update for Windows breaking global systems resurfaces concerns about Microsoft's monopoly in government and enterprise IT systems — Officials say the incident highlights how much businesses and governments rely on the giant's products.
More: The Guardian, Forbes, Computerworld, The Crypto Basic, and heise online
X: @linakhanftc, @jeffnolan, @stevesi, @swiftonsecurity, @om, @allenholub, @stevesi, @sdw, and @om. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft says it cannot wall off its OS due to a 2009 deal with the EC to give security software makers the same level of access to Windows that Microsoft gets — Global outage on Windows machines caused by CrowdStrike highlights Microsoft's security challenges
More: New York Times. Threads: @1612elphi. X: @fxshaw, @fxshaw, @zeynep, @swiftonsecurity, @stevesi, @fxshaw, and @i0n1c. Forums: Hacker News
| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
More: Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, ScheerPost.com, VentureBeat, On my Om, Mashable, New York Times, The Verge, and The Verge
Mastodon: @dirkhh@hachyderm.io and @phil_stevens@mastodon.nz
X: @eastdakota, @eastdakota, @dinodaizovi, and @george_kurtz
| Matilda Battersby / The Bookseller: |
Academics say publisher Taylor & Francis hadn't told them about selling access to authors' research as part of a $10M+ Microsoft AI deal, nor let them opt out — Authors have expressed their shock after the news that academic publisher Taylor & Francis, which owns Routledge …
More: Pivot to AI and Flaming Well
Mastodon: @BenPatrickWill@mastodon …, @koutropoulos@social.ds106.us, @moorejh@mastodon.online, @RobertSeyfert@mastodon.social, @rwg@aoir.social, @actualham@social.coop, @kdriscoll@aoir.social, @Samuelmoore@hcommons.social, and @Zeb_Larson@zirk.us
Forums: Hacker News and r/academia
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
A look at Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz's self-interested Trump support, including the “final straw”, a Biden proposal to tax unrealized capital gains at 25% — Venture capitalists Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen claim the tech industry, California, and the country are doomed if we don't embrace the former president.
More: CoinDesk and Disconnect
Mastodon: @elinor@infosec.exchange. Bluesky: @ianwaring.bsky.social. X: @stevenlevy, @daithaigilbert, and @mikebutcher. LinkedIn: Greg Williams
| OCCRP: |
An investigation details how scammers are using crypto ATMs to commit fraud; the FBI says US losses from scams carried out via crypto ATMs was $120M+ in 2023 — While crypto ATM operators insist they take steps to protect the public, investigators say the machines are a gift to criminal networks.
More: OCCRP on YouTube, Miami Herald, and Bankless Times
| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Some Black founders and investors say they feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz's support for Trump, as he has always been seen as an ally to the Black community — “It appears personal interest and profit supersedes people,” one founder lamented. — Some of the richest, most influential investors …
More: TechCrunch. X: @mp3michael and @bhorowitz
LinkedIn: Shaka Senghor, Dominic-Madori Davis, and Gillian Marcelle, PhD
| Vikas Dhoot / The Hindu: |
The officers of India's largest retirement fund, the EPFO, warn the organization's crash-prone IT systems require immediate attention of the Union Government — The EPF Officers' Association has cautioned that a “continued denial” of the problem will only exacerbate the situation and hinder remedial efforts| Financial Times: |
OpenSecrets: ~80% of donations from internet companies have gone to Democrats so far this US election cycle, down from 90% in 2020, as support for Trump grows — Some of America's wealthiest tech investors have come out for Trump. But most Big Tech leaders are staying silent, for now
More: The Hill, Wired, New York Times, and ZyCrypto
Mastodon: @_dm@infosec.exchange and @hanse_mina@mastodon.social
X: @teddyschleifer and @teddyschleifer
| Sultan Quadri / Semafor: |
Starlink faces regulatory obstacles in Africa, as countries worry about losing control over content and the company providing services without paying taxes — LAGOS — At the end of April, Starlink, the satellite broadband service owned by South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk … | Brady Dale / Axios: |
Messari CEO Ryan Selkis says he's stepping down after a series of controversial political X posts, and Chief Revenue Officer Eric Turner will become interim CEO — - Selkis was there the moment that Trump first expressed support for the crypto world publicly, at an event the GOP nominee …
More: Bitcoin News, The Verge, DL News, Cryptonews, The Daily Hodl, NBC News, Quartz, The Crypto Times, Fortune, DL News, The Information, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, The Block, Crypto Briefing, Decrypt, CoinGape, and CoinDesk
Threads: @parkert. X: @twobitidiot, @messaricrypto, @ericturnr, @coinbaseduck, @jeffjohnroberts, @gigamesh, @molly0xfff, @leomschwartz, @timccopeland, @silvermanjacob, @kelxyz_, @adamscochran, @masonnystrom, @twobitidiot, @willcomyns, @zosegal, @ryansadams, @diran_li, @ki_young_ju, @jskuros, @ericturnr, @bdanweiss, @molly0xfff, and @benhoneill
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