Microsoft calls for Windows changes and resilience after CrowdStrike outage
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Microsoft drops subtle hints about the future direction of Windows security.

CrowdStrike’s Falcon software uses a special driver that allows it to run at a lower level than most apps so it can detect threats across a Windows system. Microsoft tried to restrict third parties from accessing the kernel in Windows Vista in 2006 but was met with pushback from cybersecurity vendors and EU regulators. However, Apple was able to lock down its macOS operating system in 2020 so that developers could no longer get access to the kernel.

Now, it looks like Microsoft wants to reopen the conversations around restricting kernel-level access inside Windows.

  • umbrella@lemmy.ml
    4·
    4 months ago

    yeah when they lose money

    every corporation can learn if they lose enough money

    • slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      maybe if we had a system where they lost similar amounts of money when they do bad things. imagine the world!

    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      2·
      4 months ago

      Did they though? Certainly their customers did. Crowdstrike did or will. But Microsoft? What’re their customers gonna do?