Palo Alto Networks’ Unit42 report reveals roughly 22.3% of strategically aged domains pose some form of danger. Security solutions treat newly registered domains as suspicious, so security solutions treat them as suspicious and have more chances to flag them. The goal behind registering a domain long before threat actors will use it is to create a “clean record” that will prevent security detection systems from undermining the success of malicious campaigns. The SolarWinds threat actors relied on domains registered years before their malicious activities began.”]