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If you want a deeper dive into the Crowdstrike issue: https://lnkd.in/etBZUhYy This is what happens if you allow a signed boot start driver to execute unsigned (and poorly tested) code. The fact that this is implemented this way, which may be required or common practice (not sure), opens a potential for other malicious activity - scary attack vector.
CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer
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This short video will show you how syslog-ng scales to the largest IT environments, ensuring your log infrastructure can reliably and securely collect and manage log data. Have confidence in the data underlying your analytics, forensics, and compliance efforts.#SIEM #LogManagement
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I recently watched an insightful video by Dave Plummer, a retired Microsoft software engineer, analyzing the recent CrowdStrike IT outage. For those interested, here's the link to Dave's explanation: https://lnkd.in/e2nY7VMD Key takeaways from the analysis: 1. CrowdStrike's Falcon sensor operates as a kernel-mode driver, providing enhanced security monitoring capabilities. 2. The incident was triggered by a faulty update, likely containing a corrupted or empty dynamic definition file. 3. The driver, running in kernel mode, failed to properly validate this update, resulting in system crashes (BSODs) during processing. 4. CrowdStrike's driver is designated as a boot driver, which complicated recovery efforts as affected systems couldn't start without it. 5. The solution involves booting into safe mode and removing the problematic update file - a challenging task at scale. This incident highlights several critical aspects of system architecture and security implementation: * The crucial importance of robust error checking and parameter validation in kernel-mode drivers. * The potential risks associated with boot drivers, despite their powerful security features. * The delicate balance between maintaining strong security measures and ensuring system stability. #Cybersecurity #TechDrama #ITNightmares #LessonLearned
CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer
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An avoidable logical error in code and 🛫 Airports operations grounded to a halt ,over 3k flights got cancelled 🏥 Hospitals struggled to treat patients 🍔 Drive-through windows were down 🆘 Emergency services encountered operational issues 💹 Market crash for Crowdstrike 💻 Billions of PCs worldwide experienced BSOD Almost all sectors were affected globally. This marks the importance of a bug free software and rigorous testing. Specially when a software have deep-level access to a computer's OS. Technical details: https://lnkd.in/gUyGa_Av #crowdstrike #global #outrage #microsoft #software #bug #bsod #crash #os
Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts | CrowdStrike
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As a programmer I am curious to know what exactly happened behind the global outage that has happened recently and so every programmer. *Root Cause Analysis: Programmer Error* After investigating multiple sources, I identified the cause of the issue: - A CrowdStrike developer made a mistake while writing C++ code. - The error was a missing null check for a pointer. - The code attempted to access information through a null pointer, which points to "nothing" in memory. - This resulted in an invalid memory access attempt (0x9c), triggering a Memory Access Violation. - Windows recognized this as a potential security threat and terminated the program to protect the system, causing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and the subsequent outage. In essence, the code tried to read data from an invalid memory location, prompting a system crash as a safety measure. #CrowdStrike #Microsoft #Outage
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To those who are affected by the CrowdStrike update: here is a tutorial which might help: https://lnkd.in/e4E43QXE
Crowdstrike Windows Update Causes Major Computer Outages Worldwide
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#Day84 of #cybertechdave100daysofcyberchallenge 🚀 : The principal role of a SOC analyst is to identify abnormal activities on a system 🕵♂️ To accomplish this, they should have a deep knowledge of the normal processes and activities within systems like Linux and Windows. In today's room, I learned some basic concepts related to Windows processes such as 'system,' 'svchost.exe,' 'wininit.exe,' the use of Sysinternals, Sysmon, and the importance of correlating logs from different sources during an investigation. This correlation is essential to construct the full puzzle of how the attack was conducted, what was exploited, and what the remediation steps are. Also, it is essential to define the baselines to be able to determine whether a behavior, process... is normal or not. #FreePalestine #CeaseFire #BlueTeam #SOC #THM
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A great explanation of the various design tradeoffs that pretty much made the CrowdStrike caused BSOD inevitable. The normal WHQL protections of signed drivers don’t necessarily apply here when new versions are continually being updated to counter new threats, some of which might be 0 days. It’s a high risk approach versus more expensive fault tolerant architectures, but also easily fixed by rebooting in safe mode and using the actual signed drivers. Well, the explanation is a bit more complicated but the reason why the computer went into a reboot loop is explained and thus issues regarding the boot process, which has specific security risks and thus there were different solutions. I guess the bottom line is that their application is still an application, but that it has to operate with far more kernel requirements that would normally be isolated and thus can crash the system. This is a classic case of making decisions to shift risk when it can’t actually be eliminated by a specific approach and we deal with this every day, hopefully there are sufficient resources to mitigate the risk and various business continuity plans with mean time to restore are already in place.
CrowdStrike IT Outage Explained by a Windows Developer
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Series 4 - Compilation of Digital Forensics and Incident Response Resources. - Understanding few Important Windows Processes. https://lnkd.in/gTwADFQ7 - ETL File Analysis. (Shell Items, network shares, apps that require privileges, RunKey information etc;) https://lnkd.in/gGMZdi_v - Windows Registry Forensic Analysis. https://lnkd.in/gkgjfYEm - NTFS timestamp forensic analysis. https://lnkd.in/g9J7GKNh - Important Windows PowerShell Commands useful in Live Forensic Investigation. https://lnkd.in/g5gqYEBU - Windows Search Index Database Forensics. https://lnkd.in/gTcgre3x - AnyDesk Artifacts in Windows. https://lnkd.in/gCvBywMk #digitalforensics #incidentresponse
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