Faulty CrowdStrike update causes widespread Windows outages.

This CyberWire briefing summarizes multiple high-impact security events: a worldwide Windows outage from a faulty CrowdStrike update; costly ransomware incidents affecting Change Healthcare and Synnovis with major service and patient impacts; a large AT&T customer data theft and alleged extortion payout; MuddyWater deploying a new BugSleep backdoor against Israeli organizations; Android-focused BadPack and Poco RAT campaigns targeting financial and industrial sectors; and a Cisco CVE rated CVSS 10 — together representing widespread disruption, data exfiltration, active malware/APT campaigns, and a critical enterprise vulnerability.