Hi, I seem to recall some OTRS tickets recently sent warning about it. Should they be forward to any address in particular, in case they keep coming in?
Paulo John Bennett <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quinta, 24/01/2019 à(s) 14:02: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
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