Recent Blogs
CrowdStrike Named Strongest Overall Leader in 2026 Frost Radar™: Cloud Workload Protection Platforms
We are proud to announce that Frost & Sullivan has named CrowdStrike as the strongest overall leader in the Frost Radar™: Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, 2026. CrowdStrike earned the highest scor[…]
Benchmaxxing: When the Benchmark Becomes the Target
Public benchmarks in AI provide important signals and allow for regression testing, directional validation of model updates, and public discussion of capabilities and limitations. But the more attenti[…]
Teaching AI to Reason Through Detection Triage
August 17, 2026
• Amol Khanna - Manu Nandan - Cristian Viorel Popa - Joan Pujol-Roig - Diana Bolocan - Laura Vasilie - Alexandru Apostu - Chase Helwig - Mihaela Gaman - Mickey Brautbar - Edward Raff - Chase Midler - Sven Krasser • Agentic SOCEvery security alert begins with a deceptively simple question: Is this a real threat or just noise? Detection triage sits at the front of the response lifecycle, where answering this question quickly[…]
August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs
Updated August 12 to add information about a newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Defender Malware Protection Engine Microsoft has addressed 415 vulnerabilities in its August 2026 security update […]
CrowdStrike Threat Hunts for Shell Command Obfuscation on VMware ESX
VMware ESX systems are a recurring target in ransomware campaigns. Threat groups including SCATTERED SPIDER, BlackBasta, Royal (aka BlackSuit), Akira, and the ESX-focused ransomware as a service (RaaS[…]
Expanding AI Benchmarks in Cybersecurity Beyond Vulnerability Discovery
The conversation about AI in cybersecurity has recently centered on capabilities like vulnerability discovery, exploit generation, and automated proof-of-concept development. It’s easy to see why: The[…]
Secure Agent Harness Execution: Preventing Escape
August 04, 2026
• Jim Holt - Donato Onofri - Lukasz Woznicki - Dan Dinca - Chase Midler • Securing AIAt CrowdStrike, we conduct extensive red-team testing of agentic systems using diverse models, tools, and adversarial evaluation harnesses designed to probe for containment failures. To date, none of […]
CrowdStrike 2026 Threat Hunting Report: Exploitation Window Closes as AI Use Accelerates
The CrowdStrike 2026 Threat Hunting Report illustrates the next evolution in trust abuse. Adversaries are targeting trusted users and tools across identity systems, cloud environments, SaaS applicatio[…]
Falcon AIDR Now Protects Copilot Studio Agents and Claude Code
Employees are already using AI at work. They build agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio, write code with Claude Code, and paste sensitive data into chatbots in the browser. Each of these actions can exp[…]
Inside Astaroth's New Spambot Component
Established Latin American (LATAM) threat actors are continuously adapting their malware capabilities and attack methodologies to circumvent defensive measures and maintain effectiveness against targe[…]