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Investors didn't present a valid claim, says judge, but they're welcome to try again A group of CrowdStrike shareholders who sued the company over losses sustained following its 2024 global outage will have to head back to the drawing board if they hope to recoup losses, as a Texas judge has deemed they failed to adequately state a claim.…

Authentication is basically solved. Authorization is another thing entirely... CrowdStrike has signed a $740 million deal to buy identity security startup SGNL. The move underscores the growing threat of identity-based attacks as companies struggle to secure skyrocketing numbers of non-human identities, including AI agents.…

Last year's winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation Cloud and AI security startups have two weeks to apply for a program that fast-tracks access to investors and mentors from Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.…

Microsoft, CrowdStrike, and pals promise clarity on cybercrew naming, deliver alias salad instead Opinion Microsoft and CrowdStrike made a lot of noise on Monday about teaming up with other threat-intel outfits to "bring clarity to threat-actor naming."…

CrowdStrike remains hopeful that damages will be limited to seven figures CrowdStrike is "confident" that the worst-case scenario of its pending lawsuit with Delta will result in it paying the airline a sum in the "single-digit millions."…

CEO: Neural net tech 'flattens our hiring curve, helps us innovate' CrowdStrike – the Texas antivirus slinger famous for crashing millions of Windows machines last year – plans to cut five percent of its staff, or about 500 workers, in pursuit of "greater efficiencies," according to CEO and co-founder George Kurtz.…

Judge allows aspects of passenger lawsuit to proceed A federal judge has cleared the runway for a class action from disgruntled passengers against Delta Air Lines as turbulence from last year's CrowdStrike debacle continues to buffet the carrier.…

Thinks customers may have forgiven it after revenue hits a record CrowdStrike can't yet confidently predict the financial impact of the failed update to its Falcon software that crashed millions of computers around the world last July, but is confident its third quarter results show customers can't find a better security product.…

Did we say CrowdStrike? We meant, er, The July Incident... IGNITE The sound of cyber security professionals spraying their screens with coffee could be heard this week as Microsoft claimed, "security is our top priority," as it talked up its Secure Future Initiative (SFI) once again and explained how Windows could be secured.…

Meet Liminal Panda, which prowls telecom networks in South Asia and Africa A senior US senator has warned that American tech companies’ activities in China represent a national security risk, in a hearing that saw infosec biz CrowdStrike testify it has identified another cyber-espionage crew it believes is backed by Beijing.…

Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force The UK's finance regulator is urging all institutions under its remit to better prepare for IT meltdowns like that of CrowdStrike in July.…

Legal action comes months after alleging negligence by Falcon vendor Delta Air Lines is suing CrowdStrike in a bid to recover the circa $500 million in estimated lost revenue months after the cybersecurity company "caused" an infamous global IT outage.…

Argues worse could happen if it loses kernel access CrowdStrike is "deeply sorry" for the "perfect storm of issues" that saw its faulty software update crash millions of Windows machines, leading to the grounding of thousands of planes, passengers stranded at airports, the cancellation of surgeries, and disruption to emergency services hotlines among many more inconveniences.…

Many left reeling from July's IT meltdown, but not to worry, it was all unavoidable Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says one in ten organizations in the country affected by CrowdStrike's outage in July are dropping their current vendor's products.…

Total revenue for Q2 grew 32 percent CrowdStrike's major meltdown a month ago doesn't look like affecting the cyber security vendor's market dominance anytime soon, based on its earnings reported Wednesday.…

CrowdStrike, other vendors, friendly govt reps…but not anyone would can tell you what happened op-ed Microsoft will host a security summit next month with CrowdStrike and other "key" endpoint security partners joining the fun — and during which the CrowdStrike-induced outage that borked millions of Windows machines will undoubtedly be a top-line agenda item. …

Not related to the massive outage in July, security biz spokesperson told us Some IT administrators suffered a moment of deja vu on Thursday morning as CrowdStrike blamed a cloud service issue for performance problems and lagging boot times affecting some of European customers.…

Airline unimpressed with 'unhelpful and untimely' phone call from CEO, Falcon maker says claims untrue Delta Air Lines has come out swinging at CrowdStrike in a letter accusing the security giant of trying to "shift the blame" for the IT meltdown caused by its software – and that CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz's offer of support was too little, too late.…

SatNad himself offered CrowdStrike recovery help, Redmond says, before suggesting airline's IT is in a mess Microsoft has labelled Delta Air Lines' accusations it's partly to blame for the outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software "false" and "misleading" – and insulted the state of the carrier’s IT infrastructure.…