Blaze@lemmy.zip to Home@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agoWhen lemmy.zip was announced, a few people were concerned about the .zip, as it could create security issues. Has it been the case so far? Has anyone ever been blocked by a work firewall due to .zip?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhen lemmy.zip was announced, a few people were concerned about the .zip, as it could create security issues. Has it been the case so far? Has anyone ever been blocked by a work firewall due to .zip?Blaze@lemmy.zip to Home@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
Basically title, curious as I know this had been brought up a while ago but never really followed up on the topic
minus-squareceiphas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoZIP Files are a constant source of exploits and Malware.
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·3 months agoAre there any exploits that have ever made use of TLD <-> file extension confusion? This seems really unlikely to help pull off an attack, even if the TLD was .exe, but maybe I’m overly optimistic.
ZIP Files are a constant source of exploits and Malware.
Are there any exploits that have ever made use of TLD <-> file extension confusion? This seems really unlikely to help pull off an attack, even if the TLD was .exe, but maybe I’m overly optimistic.