CrowdStrike An update published by the said security company, on July 19 8.5 million Windows devices It caused a blue screen error and caused disruption of many services worldwide. The problem occurred due to a bad file in the update.

Following this scandal, Microsoft today announced that it will prevent such an incident from happening again in Windows. plans to make some changes popped up.

Microsoft Considers Blocking Security Providers from Accessing Windows at the Kernel Level

According to information received, Microsoft has started to prioritize making Windows more sustainable. In addition, security providers such as CrowdStrike Stop access to the Windows kernel It was also reported that he had such a plan.

CrowdStrike’s software was running at the kernel level, which allowed it to access the operating system’s memory and hardware. This is a problem that occurs in the CrowdStrike application and results in a blue screen error. Can crash Windows devices resources. Just like last week’s crisis.

To prevent this, Microsoft started talking about preventing kernel-level access to Windows. Nothing is certain at this point. From the information received, it appears that the company is discussing this possibility. Let’s add that a similar move for third parties was considered for Windows Vista in 2006, but did not materialize due to pressure from security providers and EU regulators. Apple, on the other hand, managed to prevent developers from accessing the macOS kernel in 2020.