Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act

Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by pipes on Saturday July 27, 2024 @11:33AM (#41087217)

Stopped reading when the causes listed didn't mention the EU regulation that prevented Microsoft from delivering its api that would have meant that cloud strikes software wouldn't have been running in kernel mode.

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by nixnixers on Saturday July 27, 2024 @12:26PM (#41087576)

I had to read through your whole comment to realize it didn't confirm something I already know, what a waste.

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by justinclift on Saturday July 27, 2024 @12:42PM (#41087707)

Maybe because MS wants to deflect blame, and the EU is one of the things it's trying to deflect to?

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by gruez on Saturday July 27, 2024 @02:37PM (#41088440)

...and? "Deflecting blame" isn't a valid argument by itself. You have have to argue why the deflecting isn't justified. Otherwise there's nothing wrong with "deflecting blame" in and of itself. So far as I can tell based on the source in a sibling comment[1], the deflecting blame seems plausibly justified.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41088117

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by transpute on Saturday July 27, 2024 @01:37PM (#41088117)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-window...

> the software giant is calling for changes to Windows and has dropped some subtle hints that it’s prioritizing making Windows more resilient and is willing to prevent security vendors like CrowdStrike from accessing the Windows kernel.. calls out a new VBS enclaves feature “that does not require kernel mode drivers to be tamper resistant” and Microsoft’s Azure Attestation service as examples of recent security innovations.

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by meiraleal on Saturday July 27, 2024 @04:46PM (#41089226)

If that's the case the EU should demand MS to leave the US. There's no shortage of bloatware there, they will be fine if Microsoft decides they don't have enough resources to work there

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by belter on Sunday July 28, 2024 @06:17AM (#41092291)

Microsoft natural insecurity culture, being blamed on the EU, is one of the weirdest gas lighting takes I have ever seen...

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Re:Dan Geer on CrowdStrike: It Is Time to Act by pipes on Monday July 29, 2024 @11:23AM (#41101138)

In what way is it gas lighting? Are you disputing the fact that Microsoft was blocked by EU regulators from killing off kernel mode access for third party software?

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