Increased risk of phishing scams following CrowdStrike outage

The Australian Signals Directorate has issued a warning about an increased risk of phishing scams following yesterday's CrowdStrike outage.

According to the alert, ASD’s ACSC has identified numerous malicious websites and unofficial code claiming to assist entities in recovering from the widespread outages caused by the CrowdStrike technical incident.

ASD’s ACSC strongly advises all consumers to obtain their technical information and updates directly from official CrowdStrike sources only. [Learn more here]https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/widespread-outages-relating-crowdstrike-software-update?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1veIrKLYJrloZIx7AvqS6Nlqv3UfvENiPg6lVbHUhffjbS_7HBzNQEGdI_aem_TUaGcC36MEN9SJxw0OUTnQ

It appears that threat actors are exploiting the #CrowdStrike situation through #phishing and #spoofing campaigns.

Here is a list of newly created domains https://urlscan.io/search/#crowdstrike*

Before clicking on any links, use tools like Domain Dossier, URLscan.io, and VirusTotal to check their authenticity — because threat actors never miss an opportunity to exploit a disaster.

#threatactors #hackers #CrowdStrike #phishing #urlscan #cybertip #VirusTotal #ASD #ACSC #AISA #Australia

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