But because the outage affected Windows systems, Microsoft often had shared and sometimes even top billing in mainstream news coverage—another in a string of security-related embarrassments that ...

Microsoft is ready to test Windows changes to prevent another CrowdStrike incident.

This will enable them to build their IT security solutions to run outside the Windows kernel. Software such as antivirus and endpoint protection will then be in user mode, just like normal apps.

Last Friday, the world experienced the biggest global outage of key Windows PC infrastructure in history — this issue, caused by a botched CrowdStrike update to its kernel-level Falcon Sensor ...

Games use kernel mode software more than you'd think; Apex Legends, Fortnite, Paladins, Rainbow Six: Siege, Valorant, H1Z1, and Day-Z to name a few.The argument is that hacking and cheating tools ...

Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc. say that a Microsoft Corp. technology called Patch Guard — which blocks access to the 64-bit Vista kernel — will make it harder for third-party security vendors ...

At the time, Riot noted that plenty of other kernel-level anti-cheat software already existed—although not to the extent of Riot's Vanguard software, which begins when Windows boots up.

Microsoft software licensing expert Rich Gibbons said: “Microsoft has received some criticism for the fact that a third party was able to affect Windows at such a deep technical level. It’s ...