OTX Threat: Impersonation, Click Hijacking, and TDS: Inside a Malware Distribution Ecosystem

A large-scale operation impersonates open-source and freeware projects to capture search traffic, targeting tools such as Ghidra, dnSpy, and SpiderFoot. The professionally designed sites load CloudFront-hosted JavaScript that converts download button clicks into handoffs to a Traffic Distribution System (TDS), which enforces strict gating including first-visit state, click confirmation, anti-bot l