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 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 The Hacker News