Have spent all my afternoon and all evening on a bridge trying to support flailing systems. Was supposed to be on a plane in 5 hours to start my vacation. Guaranteed it's not gonna happen. With hearing 911 and other safety critical systems going down, I hope that the worst that comes out of this is a couple delayed flights and a couple missed bank payments.
CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
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Good news (um, as in better than the bad news today) is the plane won't be taking off anyway, so you're golden.
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#142Industry should move to Linux on desktop - we should not rely on single vendor
2024!!! The year of Linux on the desktop!
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#143i've seen photos of the bsod from an affected machine, the error code is `PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA`. here's some helpful takeaways from this incident:
1) mistakes in kernel-level drivers can and will crash the entire os
2) do not write kernel-level drivers
3) do not write kernel-level drivers
4) do not write kernel-level drivers
5) if you really need a kernel-level driver, do not write it in a memory unsafe language
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#144So Crowdstrike protects your computers from cyber attacks. But who is going to protect you from Crowdstrike?
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#145My entire emergency department got knocked offline by this. Really scary when you have ambulances coming in and are trying to stabilize a heart attack. Update: 911 is down in Oregon too, no more ambulances at least.
"Always look on the bright side of life!" - M Python
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#146OTA update went wrong? How can an update go live without proper testing for the millions of live connected endpoints?
Can they recover this OTA considering the systems can’t even boot?
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#147It's eye-opening how bad our crucial IT infra is nowadays. Running in-kernel third-party tools (AV) on critical infrastructure on Windows? Central banks? Control towers? Seriously? We should fire everyone involved and start IT from scratch. This level of negligence cannot be fixed.
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#148Absolutely shameful display of how the cure can be worse than the disease. It's nonsense snake oil and security theater such as this that throws the cyber"security" industry into disrepute. One may as well have just installed McAfee Anti Virus.
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#149This is a sample of what Y2K would look like if not for the countermeasures.
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#150Welp this fucked my night. A toast to the rest of you who are waaaaaay more screwed than me