Faulty CrowdStrike Update Crashes Windows Systems, Impacting Businesses Worldwide

Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. "CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,...

Microsoft Fixes Faulty Patch Update that Caused Windows 'Blue Screens of Death'

Microsoft today reissued a security update for Windows to the faulty update that previously caused PCs to suffer Blue Screens of Death BSoD. The new security update comes almost two weeks after reports emerged that the dodgy update crippled users’ computers with the infamous “Blue Screens of...

Microsoft Re-Releases Broken Security Patch MS14-045

Microsoft today re-released security bulletin MS14-045, which was pulled shortly after the August Patch Tuesday updates because a number of users reported crashes and blue screens. The patch was removed from Windows Update on Aug. 15, three days after it was released as part of Microsoft’s monthl...

Microsoft to Fix Broken Patch Tuesday Security Update

Microsoft is still hammering away at a fix for a security update released last week that caused a small number of computers to crash and blue screen. “We are aware of some issues related to the recent updates and we are working on a fix,” a Microsoft representative today told Threatpost. MS14-045...

trivial DoS in webTV

There exists a trivial DoS in webTV coming from plain 98 installation. By sending a udp packet to the 22701-22705 opened up by annclist.exe you can cause the program to crash or cause various blue screens etc. The larger the size, the more dramitic the effects lockups, reboots and that. Microsoft...