It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the >> issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating
a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the
issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed >> or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating >> a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s >> not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Howard Oakley has today suggested a similar incident is less likely to
happen with macOS largely due to the move to eliminate kernel extensions in favour of system extensions running in user rather than kernel space.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/>
On 22/07/2024 07:59, Alan B wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the
issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed
or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating >>> a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s >>> not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Howard Oakley has today suggested a similar incident is less likely to
happen with macOS largely due to the move to eliminate kernel extensions in >> favour of system extensions running in user rather than kernel space.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/>
We are forced to use Crowdstrike on our work Macs and Linux boxes.
So although Crowdstrike might not crash your Mac, it will consume a lot
of CPU and cause your computer fans to go full tilt. Like a denial of
service attack :-(
On 22/07/2024 07:59, Alan B wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the
issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed
or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating >>> a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s >>> not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Howard Oakley has today suggested a similar incident is less likely to
happen with macOS largely due to the move to eliminate kernel extensions in >> favour of system extensions running in user rather than kernel space.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/>
We are forced to use Crowdstrike on our work Macs and Linux boxes.
On 9 Aug 2024 at 19:04:28 BST, "Chris Ridd" <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
On 22/07/2024 07:59, Alan B wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the
issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed
or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating >>>> a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s >>>> not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Howard Oakley has today suggested a similar incident is less likely to
happen with macOS largely due to the move to eliminate kernel extensions in >>> favour of system extensions running in user rather than kernel space.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/>
We are forced to use Crowdstrike on our work Macs and Linux boxes.
Who is forcing you, and what is the supposed benefit? In short, wossit for?
On 10 Aug 2024 at 10:23:34 BST, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
On 9 Aug 2024 at 19:04:28 BST, "Chris Ridd" <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
On 22/07/2024 07:59, Alan B wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the
issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed
or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating
a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s
not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Howard Oakley has today suggested a similar incident is less likely to >>>> happen with macOS largely due to the move to eliminate kernel extensions in
favour of system extensions running in user rather than kernel space.
<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/>
We are forced to use Crowdstrike on our work Macs and Linux boxes.
Who is forcing you, and what is the supposed benefit? In short, wossit for?
Work's IT dept, and it's a fleet management system. Agents running on computers and other devices for security, management, remote wipe, AV,
VPN, threat detection etc etc blah blah.
On 10/08/2024 11:57, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 10 Aug 2024 at 10:23:34 BST, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
On 9 Aug 2024 at 19:04:28 BST, "Chris Ridd" <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:Work's IT dept, and it's a fleet management system. Agents running on
On 22/07/2024 07:59, Alan B wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
It seems some software from a company called Crowdstrike may have caused the
issues. My Win11 VM seems OK.
Which is hardly surprising since I don’t have the Falcon package installed
or ever likely to do so. Replacing the VM with a recent backup or creating
a new one would not be difficult on an individual basis but clearly it’s
not as simple as that in the corporate world.
Howard Oakley has today suggested a similar incident is less likely to >>>>> happen with macOS largely due to the move to eliminate kernel extensions in
favour of system extensions running in user rather than kernel space. >>>>>
<https://eclecticlight.co/2024/07/22/could-our-macs-be-crowdstruck/>
We are forced to use Crowdstrike on our work Macs and Linux boxes.
Who is forcing you, and what is the supposed benefit? In short, wossit for? >>
computers and other devices for security, management, remote wipe, AV,
VPN, threat detection etc etc blah blah.
A lot of it is so can more easily achieve compliance with things like
HIPAA, FEDRAMP, probably GDPR etc. These sorts of things are mandatory
when you have certain kinds of customers.
No doubt there are other less awful ways to achieve compliance, but
they'd be more work than just throwing money at Crowdstrike. You can
just say something like we use a HIPAA certified vendor to ensure our endpoints are protected (missus), so tick that box.
They'll be forcing you to use Ada, and ISO networking protocols, next.
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