Should we include this in tech news, perhaps? I think this is vital information that should be sent in that newsletter.
-- Devin “Zppix” CCENT Volunteer Wikimedia Developer Africa Wikimedia Developers Member and Mentor Volunteer Mozilla Support Team Member (SUMO) Quora.com Partner Program Member enwp.org/User:Zppix **Note: I do not work for Wikimedia Foundation, or any of its chapters. I also do not work for Mozilla, or any of its projects. ** > On Jan 24, 2019, at 8:02 AM, John Bennett <jbenn...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > In order to keep the community informed of threats against Wikimedia projects > and users, the Wikimedia Security team has some information to share. > > Malware installed via pirated contented downloaded from sites such as the > Pirate Bay can cause web browsers compromised by the malware to create a fake > donation banner for Wikipedia users. While the actual malware is not > installed or distributed via Wikipedia, unaware visitors may be confused or > tricked by it's activities. > > The malware seeks to trick visitors to Wikipedia by looking like a legitimate > Wikipedia banner asking for donations. Once the user clicks on the banner, > they are then taken to a portal that leads them to transfer money to a > fraudulent bitcoin account that is not controlled by the Foundation. > > The current version of this malware is only infecting Microsoft Windows users > at the time of this notification. To date, the number of people affected is > small. The fraudulent accounts have taken approximately $700 from infected > users. However, we strongly encourage all users to use and update their > antivirus software. > > Additional details and a screenshot of the fake donation banner on can be > found at Bleepingcomputer.com. [0] > > [0] > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-movie-file-infects-pc-to-steal-cryptocurrency-poison-google-results/ > > Thanks, > John Bennett > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > wikitech-ambassad...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
