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| 28 Sep 2026 | |
| Written by Gabi Gerber | |
| Attacks & Threats |
| Security Operation Center, Hacking Topics |
"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 is not IANA-reserved. Anyone could register it, and someone did. Every doc, test, and skill that hard-coded it now points readers at attacker infrastructure."
As of writing, the domain has been marked as malicious and unsafe on both VirusTotal and Google's Safe Browsing list.
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