Placeholder third-party[.]com Referenced Across 1,700+ Repositories Now Serves Malicious Content
Brief
The "third-party[.]com" domain, commonly used as a documentation placeholder, has been observed serving a ClickFix lure to Windows browsers while displaying a harmless decoy to other users.
"third-party[. ]com has been a generic documentation placeholder for years, the same role example. com plays," Manifold Security's Head of Research, Ax Sharma, said. " Unlike 'example[. ]com,' third-party[. ]com