Tag: crowdstrike
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CrowdStrike Disrupts Sality Botnet After More Than 20 Years
Cybersecurity expert Ken Underhill reports from CrowdStrike on the disruption of the 20-year-old Sality botnet and what security teams need to know. The post CrowdStrike Disrupts Sality Botnet After More Than 20 Years appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-crowdstrike-sality-botnet-disruption/
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CrowdStrike Falcon Zero-Day Lets Attackers Escalate Privileges on Windows Systems
A recently released proof-of-concept, named FalconFlank, claims to reveal a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor on Windows. CrowdStrike is actively investigating these claims and has advised customers to turn off the Microsoft Office File Suspicious Macro Removal policy while the assessment is ongoing. CrowdStrike Falcon Zero-Day The project was published on…
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CrowdStrike Launches AI Initiative Using Models Specifically Trained for Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike this week at its Fal.Con 2026 event launched an artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, dubbed CrowdStrike SafeMind, that is based on a pair of models that are each being trained to launch and defend cyberattacks. At the core of CrowdStrike SafeMind is a family of purpose-built AI models and harnesses that have been specifically trained..…
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How CrowdStrike’s Fal.Con Is Emerging As A ‘Mini-RSA’ For The Cyber Industry: Analysis
The cybersecurity industry may need to add another conference to the list of must-attend events”, presently consisting of RSAC and Black Hat/DEF CON”, after the major turnout, expansive exhibition floor and high-profile speaker lineup at CrowdStrike’s Fal.Con 2026. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/how-crowdstrike-s-fal-con-is-emerging-as-a-mini-rsa-for-the-cyber-industry-analysis
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CrowdStrike SafeMind Gives Frontier AI To Defenders That Doesn’t Just Create ‘More Work:’ Partners
After a wave of frontier AI advances this year that have largely made life more challenging for cyber defense teams, the launch of CrowdStrike’s new SafeMind agentic system represents a highly welcome shift toward leveraging the technology to reduce the burden on defenders, partners tell CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/crowdstrike-safemind-gives-frontier-ai-to-defenders-that-doesn-t-just-create-more-work-partners
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Chaotic Eclipse Releases Crowdstrike Falcon ZeroDay FalconFlank
Chaotic Eclipse released FalconFlank, a PoC exploit for a Crowdstrike Falcon ZeroDay Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare and Nightmare-Eclipse, released a new zero-day exploit targeting Crowdstrike Falcon cybersecurity platform. The researcher named the exploit FalconFlank, it triggers a privilege escalation flaw. According to the researcher, FalconFlank abuses…
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Researcher Releases FalconFlank PoC Showing Privilege Escalation in CrowdStrike Falcon
The security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse) has dropped a new zero-day dubbed FalconFlank, a privilege escalation flaw impacting Crowdstrike Falcon.”FalconFlank is a 0day privilege escalation that abuses the office malicious macros remediation in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor,” the researcher said in a GitHub README file, adding First seen on…
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CrowdStrike FalCon 2026: AI Is Changing the Speed of Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike FalCon 2026 showed how autonomous AI is forcing cybersecurity to move faster. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/crowdstrike-falcon-2026-ai-is-changing-the-speed-of-cybersecurity/
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CrowdStrike unveils Falcon Guardian to secure AI agents
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CrowdStrike launches AI models for cybersecurity with Nvidia
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CrowdStrike launches autonomous AI red teaming to cut breakout time
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Optiv and CrowdStrike achieve $2 billion in joint sales
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CrowdStrike and NVIDIA Launch Dual-Use Cybersecurity AI
CrowdStrike SafeMind pairs offensive and defensive AI models in a closed loop designed to test attack paths and strengthen enterprise cyber defenses. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/news-crowdstrike-safemind-offensive-defensive-ai/
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CrowdStrike widens ecosystem and emphasises AI
Security player uses Fal.Con as an opportunity to reveal a host of alliances, as well as encouraging partners to increase their expertise in artificial intelligence First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366649309/CrowdStrike-widens-ecosystem-and-emphasises-AI
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Sality P2P Botnet’s Remarkable 23-Year Run Has Come to an End
The Sality P2P botnet, which was first detected in 2003, was finally shut down after a 23-year run, with CrowdStrike using isolation and sinkholes to keep infected systems from communicating with the botnet’s operator. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/sality-p2p-botnets-remarkable-23-year-run-has-come-to-an-end/
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Open Models, Harnesses Key To Making AI-Powered Security ‘Sustainable’: CrowdStrike Partners
The use of open AI models and specialized harnesses is expected to be increasingly pivotal to making agentic-powered security tools financially sustainable into the future, as underscored by the launch of a new set of CrowdStrike-Nvidia frontier AI models this week, experts at top CrowdStrike solution provider partners tell CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump…
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Global Public-Private Action Disrupts Russia-Linked Sality Botnet
US, European Law Enforcement, Cyber Firms Target Two-Decade-Old P2P Malware Network. U.S. and European authorities, CrowdStrike and Shadowserver disrupted the Russia-linked Sality botnet by exploiting its trusted-peer protocol to isolate roughly 15,000 infected machines and sever a malware network that had operated since 2003. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/global-public-private-action-disrupts-russia-linked-sality-botnet-a-32732
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CrowdStrike Disrupts Sality Botnet After More Than 20 Years
CrowdStrike and international partners disrupted the 20-year-old Sality botnet, cutting off its operator. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/crowdstrike-disrupts-sality-botnet-after-more-than-20-years/
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CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026: Biggest Statements From Nvidia CEO Huang, Intel CEO Tan And OpenAI President Brockman
At Fal.Con 2026 Tuesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and OpenAI President Greg Brockman joined CrowdStrike co-founder CEO George Kurtz to offer their predictions about emerging cyber risks from agentic AI”, and the need for defenders to rapidly adopt the same technology. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/crowdstrike-fal-con-2026-biggest-statements-from-nvidia-ceo-huang-intel-ceo-tan-and-openai-president-brockman
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Authorities Turn Sality’s P2P Network Against Itself, Cutting Off New Malware Payloads
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the takedown of a long-standing peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet known as Sality as part of a coordinated law enforcement operation.The effort was undertaken on August 31, 2026, by authorities from the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation.…
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George Kurtz’s 5 Boldest AI Statements At CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2026
Amid the unprecedented threat of hacking by autonomous agents, it’s increasingly pivotal to bring frontier AI capabilities to cyber defense teams”, something CrowdStrike is now seeking to do for the first time in the industry, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said during his Fal.Con 2026 keynote. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/george-kurtz-s-5-boldest-ai-statements-at-crowdstrike-fal-con-2026
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CrowdStrike launches AI agents for Project QuiltWorks
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Jazz security platform integrated into CrowdStrike Falcon
Tags: crowdstrikeFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/jazz-security-platform-integrated-into-crowdstrike-falcon
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Jazz security platform integrated into CrowdStrike Falcon
Tags: crowdstrikeFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/jazz-security-platform-integrated-into-crowdstrike-falcon
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Jazz security platform integrated into CrowdStrike Falcon
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Jensen Huang: CrowdStrike Is Nvidia’s ‘No. 1 Cybersecurity Partner’
A set of newly unveiled CrowdStrike frontier AI models created in collaboration with Nvidia have the potential to make a massive difference in defending against intensifying cyberthreats powered by AI, Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang said Tuesday. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/jensen-huang-crowdstrike-is-nvidia-s-no-1-cybersecurity-partner
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CrowdStrike Adds Platform to Secure AI Agents Running on Endpoints
CrowdStrike today at its Fal.Con 2026 conference launched the Falcon Guardian platform that leverages a sensor to provide a live inventory of every active and dormant artificial intelligence (AI) agent running on a Windows or macOS endpoint. At the same time, CrowdStrike is launching Falcon Complete for Guardian, a managed service based on Guardian that..…
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5 Big Takeaways From CrowdStrike’s 2026 Partner Summit
CrowdStrike sees solution and service provider partners as increasingly essential to putting the pieces together when it comes to securing the AI and agentic revolution, along with protecting against intensifying threats powered by the same LLM technologies, top CrowdStrike executives said during the cybersecurity giant’s 2026 Partner Summit Monday. First seen on crn.com Jump to…
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5 Big Takeaways From CrowdStrike’s 2026 Partner Summit
CrowdStrike sees solution and service provider partners as increasingly essential to putting the pieces together when it comes to securing the AI and agentic revolution, along with protecting against intensifying threats powered by the same LLM technologies, top CrowdStrike executives said during the cybersecurity giant’s 2026 Partner Summit Monday. First seen on crn.com Jump to…
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5 Big Takeaways From CrowdStrike’s 2026 Partner Summit
CrowdStrike sees solution and service provider partners as increasingly essential to putting the pieces together when it comes to securing the AI and agentic revolution, along with protecting against intensifying threats powered by the same LLM technologies, top CrowdStrike executives said during the cybersecurity giant’s 2026 Partner Summit Monday. First seen on crn.com Jump to…