Is v3.jiathis.com legit or a scam?
Compromised JavaScript CDN delivering multi-stage malware payloads and exploit-kit redirects via supply-chain attack on art-template npm package.
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Analysis Summary
Critical risk detected
Compromised JavaScript CDN delivering multi-stage malware payloads and exploit-kit redirects via supply-chain attack on art-template npm package. Multiple independent checks — antivirus engines, browser safety blocklists, and threat databases — flagged this site. Don't enter personal information, deposit money, or download files.
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MT Intelligence
v3.jiathis.com is a legitimate Chinese social-sharing widget provider (founded ~2009, 17+ years old) whose infrastructure was compromised in early 2026. Security researchers documented that the domain's /code/jia.js and /code/art.js files were maliciously tampered with to serve multi-stage payloads. The attack used Referer-header filtering to evade detection: direct requests return benign responses, but requests from browser <script> tags receive malicious code that injects Baidu Analytics tracking and hidden iframes targeting iOS Safari browsers (versions 11.0–17.2) to deliver the Coruna exploit kit. Multiple Chinese institutions (ShanghaiTech University, security researchers) issued warnings in February 2026 about the compromised jia.js file. The domain's current "Scheduled Maintenance" page and the two suspicious detections in our antivirus network align with ongoing remediation efforts, but the historical compromise and documented payload delivery make this a confirmed malware vector.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for v3.jiathis.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- v3.jiathis.com/code/jia.js and /code/art.js served malicious JavaScript payloads in 2026 as part of a supply-chain attack via compromised art-template npm package (versions 4.13.5 and 4.13.6)
- The scripts implement Referer-based filtering: returns benign/empty response without Referer header (as in direct curl), but delivers multi-stage payload with Referer (as sent by <script> tags)
- Payload injected Baidu Analytics on all visitors and used hidden iframe chains targeting iOS Safari (iOS 11.0–17.2) to deliver the Coruna exploit kit via watering-hole at utaq.cfww.shop
- February 2026 warnings from Chinese institutions (e.g. ShanghaiTech University) reported the jia.js file was maliciously tampered with, risking malicious link injection on using sites; code later reported fixed
- Domain age over 17 years (registered ~2009); historically used by thousands of Chinese websites for social sharing buttons (QQ, Weibo, etc.)
- jiathis.com main site currently shows "Scheduled Maintenance - Cloudflare Hosted"; company registered in Beijing, China
- Older sandbox reports (2019) flagged the domain in some malware chains, and some blocklists included it
- safedep.ioopen
"The external domain (v3.jiathis[.]com) serves a multi-stage payload when the request includes a Referer header (as browser <script> tags do)"
- socket.devopen
"v3.jiathis.com/code/art.js (injected by art-template@4.13.6); redirects to utaq.cfww.shop/gooll/gooll.html (watering hole); embeds Coruna exploit kit"
- ShanghaiTech University ITopen
"其官方组件服务JavaScript代码（http://v3.jiathis.com/code/jia.js）遭攻击者恶意篡改，使用该组件的网站存在被植入恶意链接的风险"
Beijing Jiathis.com Co Ltd (JiaThis), founded ~2009, historically legitimate Chinese social sharing service
Security researchers at safedep.io and socket.dev documented a confirmed 2026 supply-chain attack targeting v3.jiathis.com. The domain's /code/jia.js and /code/art.js files were maliciously tampered with to serve multi-stage payloads when requested with a Referer header (as browser script tags do). The payloads injected Baidu Analytics tracking and used hidden iframe chains to redirect iOS Safari browsers (versions 11.0–17.2) to utaq.cfww.shop, which hosted the Coruna exploit kit. ShanghaiTech University IT department issued a public warning in February 2026 alerting users that the jia.js file had been compromised, creating malicious-link injection risk for all websites using the component. The attack affected thousands of downstream websites relying on jiathis.com's social-sharing widgets.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Avoid this site
Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.
- Do not interact with v3.jiathis.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Verify the business through independent channels
Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.
- Never use irreversible payment methods
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Reputation Sources
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags v3.jiathis.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — v3.jiathis.com scored 20/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. v3.jiathis.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 62 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- v3.jiathis.com is 17.1 years old, registered on 4/30/2009 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 2 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged v3.jiathis.com as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. v3.jiathis.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- v3.jiathis.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- Independent trust-rating sites currently show the following for v3.jiathis.com: ScamAdviser: 3/100. Those scores come from user reviews and their own heuristics, so they are worth comparing against our verdict.
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