A new recovery tool from Microsoft helps speed up the process to fix computers affected by the faulty CrowdStrike update. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ...

But the cleanup effort continues. Microsoft estimates that around 8.5 million Windows systems were affected by the issue, which involved a buggy .sys file that was automatically pushed to Windows PCs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. A week after a botched CrowdStrike update caused Windows machines ...

Cutting corners: The global computer crash earlier this month, caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update, was a disaster for many. However, a hero emerged at Grant Thornton Australia: senior systems ...

Oof, Windows is having a rough week. Only five days after a massive CrowdStrike update-slash-outage made headlines for crippling IT infrastructure all over the world (which, admittedly, is a ...

In the New York Times coverage of the CrowdStrike update bug that wreaked havoc starting last Friday, there’s a lovely deadpan line eleven paragraphs in: Apple and Linux machines were not affected by ...

Believe it or not, there’s another blue screen that’s popping up on some Windows machines. Microsoft says some Windows 11 devices will see a blue BitLocker recovery screen at boot after installing the ...

After a system update pushed by CrowdStrike on Friday upended government services, emergency call centers, banks, airlines, hospitals, and other businesses, most systems are up and running as normal ...

Sometimes, we upgrade or reinstall the Windows operating system on our PCs. This helps us stay updated with new features and security updates. When you are trying to install or upgrade your Windows OS ...

As the IT world recovers from the massive outage triggered by CrowdStrike’s Falcon update, CISOs and CIOs would be wise to keep a running ledger of lessons learned. Here are some initial ...