Documentation placeholder domain used in ClickFix attacks

InfoWorld
Sep 25, 2026, 12:45 pm118 pts
The domain name third-party[.]com is being used to serve malware to users — bad news for those following a little too literally online documentation that uses it as a placeholder for any third-party domain. The site is serving a ClickFix lure to Windows machines, which sidesteps existing protection and can…

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