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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/s1700-nu-rw-lo-l85-e365/third.jpg)
third-party[.]com, a widely used documentation placeholder, serves Windows users a ClickFix lure that plants a PowerShell command.
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 placehol... [4177 chars]
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