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No, its just soooooo bad at security/stability that it gave birth to Crowdstrike. They very fact that Crowdstrike is so big and prevalent means is proof of the
by cpill 2y ago
No, its just soooooo bad at security/stability that it gave birth to Crowdstrike. They very fact that Crowdstrike is so big and prevalent means is proof of the gapping hole in Windows security. Its given birth to a multibillion dollar industry!
- supergirl 2y agospoiler: crowdstrike is used by companies running on mac and linux as well
- foobarchu 2y agoCrowdstrike/falcon use is not by any means limited to Windows. Plenty of Linux heavy companies mandate it on all infrastructure (although I hope that changes after this incident).
- rbanffy 2y agoIt’s mandated because someone believes Linux is as bad as Windows in that regard. And, quite frankly, a well configured and properly locked down Windows would be as secure as a locked down Linux install. It’d also be a pain to use, but that’s a different question. Critical systems should run a limited set of applications precisely to reduce attack surface.
- sbuk 2y agoThe reality is the wetwear that interfaces with any OS is always going to be the weakest link. Doesn't matter what OS they run, I guarantee they will click links and download files from anywhere.
- sudosysgen 2y agoI can pretty easily make it so a user on Linux can't download executables and can't even then can't do any damage without a severe vulnerability. That is actually pretty difficult to do in a typical Windows AD deployment. There is a big difference between the two OSes. In fact, there's a couple billion Linux devices running around locked down hard enough that the most clueless users you can imagine don't get their bank details stolen.
- fortran77 2y agoThere’s Crowdstrike for Linux and Mac