Placeholder third-party[.]com Referenced Across 1,700+ Repositories Now Serves Malicious Content
![Placeholder third-party[.]com Referenced Across 1,700+ Repositories Now Serves Malicious Content](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4aXDWSC5cKzOZO8lRbk8o5I1fHPlCGbfxxYL6tyJxauEL-8EVj7-AypDhYt_Wg6bDLqlj0UK4LrGJdeI4ChsksaB6tTZxo8ikCLdwC0wjRfJPE_Z1qM_CVUg7s1ORdmWW2XTDtlPPDcI8JvelrbmJhcjVthnqYWQrZ7ySnIMMPRZfa_VzgaBCWyWc_JJ/s1600/third.jpg)
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
