“Your device has been blocked due to illegal activity” — sure it has. After fat-fingering github[.]com, we were redirected to a domain running a fake Microsoft tech support scams: pop-ups that lock your browser, shout scary messages, and push you to call a “support” number (aka the scammer who’ll walk you through installing remote access tools).
They're hosted on legit infra like Azure blobs or Cloudflare Pages. That one redirect led to uncovering 1,200+ other domains hosting identical fake support pages. Of course, whenever a redirect like this happens, there's a malicious traffic distribution system (TDS) involved.
Examples include:
- tenecitur.z1.web.core.windows[.]net
- neon-kleicha-36b137[.]netlify[.]app
- us6fixyourwindowsnow[.]pages[.]dev
- microsoft-coral-app-6xv89.ondigitalocean[.]app