Microsoft Outage Sends Cybersecurity Stocks Higher. Palo Alto and CrowdStrike Lead Gains Nauman Khan Fri, November 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM EST 1 min read MSFT +0.29% PANW -0.07% RBRK -0.05% S -0.61% FTNT -1.65% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Cybersecurity shares rose Friday, even though the disruption at Microsoft was traced to server issues rather than a security breach. The outage highlighted the exposure businesses face when essential workplace tools become unavailable.
The disruption affected Microsoft's Outlook, Teams and Copilot platforms for more than 12 hours. Businesses, consumers and some government offices were among those affected.
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Microsoft linked the incident to problems with its servers and said it had found no evidence of malicious activity. The company was expanding the rollout of corrective measures and reported early signs that services were becoming more stable.
The outage did not involve a confirmed cyberattack, but it brought attention to the risks associated with dependence on widely used digital services.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) were each up 3% in morning trading. Rubrik (NYSE:RBRK) gained 2%, while Fortinet (FTNT) and SentinelOne (NYSE:S) added 1% apiece.
