CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made

July 24, 2024 at 01:22AM CrowdStrike attributed last week’s mass crash to a bug in its own test software, Falcon Sensor. The incident report detailed the use of “Template Instances” to detect threats, and how a bug in the Content Validator resulted in a “dud” release, leading to a Windows OS crash on around 8.5 … Read more

Google Pixel phones unusable after January 2024 system update

January 24, 2024 at 10:19AM Google Pixel smartphone owners are experiencing issues with their devices after installing the January 2024 Google Play system update. These problems include being unable to access internal storage, use the camera, take screenshots, or open apps across various Pixel models. The root cause is unknown, and affected users have not … Read more

CacheWarp Attack: New Vulnerability in AMD SEV Exposes Encrypted VMs

November 14, 2023 at 02:27PM Researchers from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security have discovered a new software fault attack called CacheWarp that targets AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology. The attack exploits a vulnerability in SEV to infiltrate encrypted virtual machines and achieve privilege escalation. AMD has released a microcode update to address … Read more