Global Outage - Threat Actor Activity and Risk Mitigation Strategies

Description

On July 19th, 2024, a faulty update from CrowdStrike caused kernel instability and Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) loops on millions of Windows devices worldwide, leading to major disruptions across industries. While affected parties work on remediation, threat actors are exploiting the situation through phishing, malicious domains, and fake 'hotfixes'. SentinelOne's Live Security Updates operate in isolated user-mode space, avoiding kernel impacts, and undergo rigorous testing before release, mitigating such risks.