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[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 months ago

Same thing would happen on Linux if someone wrote a bad kernel module and integrated it into the OS. In fact, Crowdstrike did have a similar problem a few months ago on Linux.

I'm no fan of Microsoft, but this isn't their fault.

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

An OS should not have to require a 3rd party driver for security.

Microsoft should be writing that driver as an OS component. Drivers should be restricted for taking to hardware.

I thought only people who subscribed to CrowdStrike's services had that driver installed.

[-] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

That is true. The issue is that because there are so many permission escalation issues in windows, that many anti malware products must run as kernel drivers.

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