Microsoft has been hit with a major technical issue, causing significant outages across the globe.
Banks, airlines, emergency services, retail outlets and many more businesses have been hit with major disruption following the issue.
Cyber-security firm Crowdstrike has confirmed that one of its updates caused the problem, which is said to have affected Microsoft devices.
Mr Kurtz, the boss of Crowdstrike, has confirmed that the issues only affected Microsoft, and this outage is not part of a bigger issue, such as a cyberattack.
Crowdstrike has confirmed that the issue has been resolved and is being deployed.
Many individuals that have been affected have been sharing how they’ve been affected on social media:
What does this mean for hackers?
Although there is always speculation surrounding a cyber incident, there is no evidence to suggest that this is anything other than a technical issue. These issues can, and do happen, and are often cause huge levels of disruption.
So although the attack itself isn’t being treated as suspicious, there is still a chance that hackers could try and use this to their advantage. As some businesses are moving quickly to get back up and running due to their inability to operate, they could be quick to remove or disable CrowdStrike software from endpoints. This could leave them operating with security gaps - opening more doors for hackers.
Update 22nd. July 2024:
As we anticipated, hackers have jumped at the opportunity to launch scam campaigns relating to the outage. Here are examples of domains that could be used for malicious activity (source).
crowdstrike-bluescreen[.]com
crowdstrike-fix[.]zip
crowdstrike-helpdesk[.]com
crowdstrike-out[.]com
crowdstrike[.]co[.]pt
crowdstrike[.]feedback
crowdstrike0day[jcom
crowdstrikebluescreen[.]com
crowdstrikebsod[.]com
crowdstrikebug[.]com
crowdstrikeclaim[.]com
crowdstrikeclaims[.]com
crowdstrikeclassaction[.]com
crowdstrikedataprotection[.]co[.]pt
crowdstrikedoomsday[.]com
crowdstrikedown[.]com
crowdstrikefail[.]com
crowdstrikefixer[.]com
crowdstrikeglitch[.]com
crowdstrikehelp[.]info
crowdstrikelawsuit[.]com
crowdstrikeold[.]com
crowdstrikeoops[.]com
crowdstrikeoopsie[.]com
crowdstrikeout[.]com
crowdstrikeoutage[.]com
crowdstrikeplatformHinfo
crowdstrikerecovery[.]com
crowdstrikereport[.]com
crowdstrikerescue[.]org
crowdstrikesucks[.]com
crowdstrikesuporte[.]com
crowdstrikesupport[.]info
What to do if you or your customers have been affected
If you or your customers are having issues following the outage, we recommend waiting on official updates/guidance from CrowdStrike and Microsoft. We also advise against removing or disabling the software as this could lead to security issues.
Or if you have any questions on the incident, feel free to reach out to us: info@dynarisk.com