Article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...=NLT_WS&nlid=20
Malware writers have used a Wikipedia article and special storage features to attempt to plant malicious code on unsuspecting users' systems, the online encyclopedia's organizers have confirmed.The incident took advantage of Wikipedia's policy of openness, which allows anyone to create and modify articles. The attackers created a Wikipedia page that promised a Windows security update for a supposedly new version of the Lovesan/W32.Blaster worm and pointed to an external site with the seemingly authentic domain wikipedia-download.org.
The moral of the story here is to be careful. There are all sorts of abuses like this on the internet daily. The best advice I can give is when it comes to upgrading things, only use certified websites. Make sure that your antivirus and firewall software is up to date as well.
Malware writers have used a Wikipedia article and special storage features to attempt to plant malicious code on unsuspecting users' systems, the online encyclopedia's organizers have confirmed.The incident took advantage of Wikipedia's policy of openness, which allows anyone to create and modify articles. The attackers created a Wikipedia page that promised a Windows security update for a supposedly new version of the Lovesan/W32.Blaster worm and pointed to an external site with the seemingly authentic domain wikipedia-download.org.
The moral of the story here is to be careful. There are all sorts of abuses like this on the internet daily. The best advice I can give is when it comes to upgrading things, only use certified websites. Make sure that your antivirus and firewall software is up to date as well.