Kactus

@Kactus@piefed.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wide-ranging 7-zip vulnerability with 8.8 CVE rating allows for code execution — hundreds of millions of machines potentially at risk⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what quick snail is saying is that if you are going to download a malicious zip file you are just as likely to unzip the archive and run the program inside. It’s a lot easier to just have a malicious payload inside the archive.