A new 'File Archivers in the Browser' phishing kit abuses ZIP domains by displaying fake WinRAR or Windows File Explorer windows in the browser to convince users to launch malicious files. Earlier ...

7-zip has finally added support for the long-requested 'Mark-of-the-Web' Windows security feature, providing better protection from malicious downloaded files. When you download documents and ...

Zip encryption is vulnerable to known-plaintext attacks. Implementation quality also is an issue; WinZip's is particularly bad. No source, I'm afraid.

Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday. Compressing file contents ...

ZIP and RAR files have overtaken Office documents as the file most commonly used by cyber criminals to deliver malware, according to an analysis of real-world cyber attacks and data collected from ...

Two new top-level domain names — .zip and .mov — have caused concern among security researchers, who say they allow for the construction of malicious URLs that even tech-savvy users are likely to miss ...

Threat actors are exploiting the various ways that zip files combine multiple archives into one file as an anti-detection tactic in phishing attacks that deliver various Trojan malware strains, ...

Security researchers warned about a vulnerability in older versions of 7-Zip The vulnerability allowed threat actors to bypass the Mark of the Web security feature The bug was fixed in late November ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech Zip files are incredibly useful for sharing data over email, cloud storage and on ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Zipping files enables users to organize their files more efficiently and expedite sharing. Windows 11's native tools enable users to compress multiple files and folders without ...