Running security products in kernel mode is precisely what caused this disaster.
Comment on Microsoft to host security summit after CrowdStrike disaster
lud@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoMicrosoft didn’t cause the “disaster” though.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
lud@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
It needs that kind of access to fight advanced attacks. It would surprise me if similar EDR programs didn’t have similar access on Linux systems, for example.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
No, you make a management API for security products that run in user space as root, you don’t use kernel modules.
lud@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Is that the way that EDR is implemented on Linux or are you guessing?
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
They just made the poor decisions that made CrowdStrike required in the first place.
If they focused on selling an operating system instead of spyware, these things would happen less frequently.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It exists on OSX and Linux too, they just don’t do the thing that took down Windows so they weren’t impacted.
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Existing and being necessary are two different things. Linux and MacOS are operating systems. Windows is an ad delivery system that masquerading as an operating system.
lud@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Care to specify?
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
If Windows had better security and update practices, software like CrowdStrike wouldn’t be a necessity.
lud@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
If windows were absolutely perfect with no flaws whatsoever, CrowdStrike wouldn’t be a necessity. I agree with that.
Unfortunately we live in the real world and no OS is perfect so software like CrowdStrike exists on lots of operating systems.
Btw, Crowdstrike isn’t necessary but it’s very nice to have for companies. You don’t need real time protection like that on a normal client you use at home.