sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoRussian Hackers Are Still Exploiting a WinRAR Vulnerability, Here's How to Protect Yourselfrespawnfirst.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11
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minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·18 days agoI’ll just uh… Leave these here. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/wide-ranging-7-zip-vulnerability-with-8-8-cve-rating-allows-for-code-execution-hundreds-of-millions-of-machines-potentially-at-risk https://cybersecuritynews.com/7-zip-rce-vulnerability-exploited/ (another similar CVE from late last year) I use 7-zip myself, and have for over a decade, but it too has like… A major CVE around once every six months - worse than WinRARs record actually. Its no silver bullet.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 days agoNot a silver bullet but the functionality of 7zip is far greater then WinRAR.
I’ll just uh… Leave these here.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/wide-ranging-7-zip-vulnerability-with-8-8-cve-rating-allows-for-code-execution-hundreds-of-millions-of-machines-potentially-at-risk
https://cybersecuritynews.com/7-zip-rce-vulnerability-exploited/ (another similar CVE from late last year)
I use 7-zip myself, and have for over a decade, but it too has like… A major CVE around once every six months - worse than WinRARs record actually.
Its no silver bullet.
Not a silver bullet but the functionality of 7zip is far greater then WinRAR.