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Analyzing Malicious CrowdStrike Domains: Who Is Affected and What Could Come Next

Akamai Enterprise Security Group SecOps is composed of seasoned security experts dedicated to continuously enhancing our customers' security posture through comprehensive threat intelligence analysis and enrichment. By continuously monitoring and analyzing Akamai's edge network and industry-grade threat intelligence, ESG SecOps delivers actionable intelligence and valuable insights derived from Akamai’s extensive global view of the internet.

One of the malicious domains observed here was ranked in the top 200,000 sites for associated keywords.

Editorial and additional commentary by Tricia Howard

Copy edited by Maria Vlasak

Executive summary

\r\n Following the July 19, 2024, CrowdStrike incident, Akamai researchers uncovered more than 180 newly created malicious domains purporting to assist with navigating the incident, and that number continues to grow. 

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\r\n We identified the top…