06Nov

Wikipedia Hijacked to Spread Malware

Posted by Jeff as Wikis

interesting way to create a vulnerability out of a feature.

Wikipedia Hijacked to Spread Malware | News on Antivirus & Security Internet | Tech2.com India:

“The good news is that the authorities at Wikipedia quickly identitifed and edited the article on their site,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. “Unfortunately, however, the previous version of the page was still present in the archive and was continuing to point to malicious code. The hackers were thus able to send out spam pointing people to the page on Wikipedia, and try and lead them into infection.”

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