The Raspberry Pi Foundation seems to have caught the attention of malware distributors who want to use popular mini-computers to deliver pre-installed malware.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation made a shocking revelation on December 23. With a Tweet, he presented a screenshot of an email that offered them money to install malware on Raspberry Ri machines before they were sent to their customers.
Amazing. This person seems to be very sincerely offering us money to install malware on your machines. pic.twitter.com/1soL0MIc5Z
- Raspberry Pi (@Raspberry_Pi) December 23, 2015
Raspberry Pi is an extremely simple computer but which can be used everywhere. Due to the low cost of the Raspberry Pi, the Foundation has sold over 4 millions units to date.
Just last month, Raspberry Ri presented her latest creation: The Raspberry Pi Zero - a programmable computer that costs just $ 5, and can be ranked as the cheapest computer in the world.
But let's move on to the e-mail in question: Last Wednesday, an email from "Linda" asked Liz Uptonto's communications manager to install a suspicious executable file on the Raspberry Pi. That's why malware distributors offered money "per installation."
The email further explained that installing the executable will create a shortcut on the user's desktop that will take them to by clicking here the company's.
"This is our goal," the message reads.
The name of Linda's company was not revealed by the Raspberry RI Foundation.
Apparently, the malware distributors chose the wrong company, which declined the offer, but the incident again raises questions about the deals being made under the table, with companies distributing popular and "trusted" products.
See the screenshot of the e-mail