add new doc: malware.md

[SomberNight]

I want something I can just link to if people open github issues about malware. This doc is a first attempt at that.

• should we link this from the index/table of contents?
• preview here: https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/202311_malware/malware.html
• note: this is markdown, not rst, unlike most other docs here

[accumulator]

Great!

Maybe additionally create a github issue template, and add this as a link.

Here we can then also add a few base questions that are almost always asked (e.g. which OS etc), and in case of suspected malware, a checkbox that the malware.md has been read.

[ecdsa]

looks good. I would add another simple attack vector: attacker installs their wallet on the victims computer, and the victim uses it to receive coins.

[SomberNight]

Maybe additionally create a github issue template, and add this as a link.

Here we can then also add a few base questions that are almost always asked (e.g. which OS etc), and in case of suspected malware, a checkbox that the malware.md has been read.

Maybe. I think often the affected users don't realise this happened to them. It might be hard to write a short template that lets them realise this happened, and at the same time does not annoy the people who want to open technical issues. Also, luckily the number of these issues is still a relatively small part of the full set.

For now I am content with just not having to type the usual response manually. But feel free to try to streamline the process even more!

[accumulator]

For now I am content with just not having to type the usual response manually. But feel free to try to streamline the process even more!

I would have, but I have no access to the issue templates.

[SomberNight]

Hmm. Is it not enough to be able to write the .github folder? https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tree/master/.github

see e.g. https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/tree/9f42459036cad0e419ffe8bfa23e81fc4d00434c/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE

[accumulator]

Hmm. Is it not enough to be able to write the .github folder? https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tree/master/.github

Ah yes of course..