I think the core story of Microsoft trying to reduce the chance of a CrowdStrike kernel-level foul up causing the same amount of damage if/when it happens again, the Notebookcheck article mis-interpreted that and that article spread like wildfire.

From their own article it sounds like they wanted to pursue adding more user-mode security features, which I am interpreting as trying to make it so that such software doesn't need kernel mode anymore: blogs.windows.com/windowsexper...

Taking steps that drive resiliency and security for Windows customers

On Tuesday, Sept. 10, we hosted the Windows Endpoint Security Ecosystem Summit. This forum brought together a diverse group of endpoint security vendors and government officials from the U.S. and Euro...