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An archive file format that is used to bundle multiple files and folders together that may have been compressed.

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Can the content of a password protected zip file be known?

Let's suppose that I share an illegal copy of a material on web which is in password protected zip file, can the owner send me a copyright notice or know what's inside the zip without knowing the password?
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How can I tell if a zip file uses the 7-Zip exploit?

Let's say I have a "corrupted" zip file from a potentially suspicious source, and that at least one person has attempted to extract it. Conventional wisdom used to be that bad stuff™ didn't happen from unzipping a file, but could from interpreting…
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Are .zip files used as a modern attack vector?

I recently advised someone to share (publish) a bunch of files by just posting a .zip somewhere, but realized this may look malicious to a recipient. This suspicion might be driven from Windows 95 or 98 era, where zip files were frequently…
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Can an attacker use a tarbomb to override vital parts of my system?

Can an attacker use a tarbomb to override vital parts of my system? A tarbomb, also sometimes written as tar bomb, is a tarball whose contents appear to explode into the current directory or some other existing directory containing a large number…
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If I unzip a password-protected zip file, will the person I downloaded it from be notified in anyway?

If I access a password protected zip file, that i've downloaded through tor, and then opened the zip file, is there any way the person who posted the zip file would be able to find out that I've opened it?
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Can unpacking a .zip file be harmful for Unix-like systems?

Let’s say there is a .zip file that contains either a virus, malware or something harmful for the computer. The computer is running a Unix-like OS, e.g. Ubuntu 18.04. Are there any security implications by only unpacking the contents of the .zip…
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Hard coded paths in archive files

I am just testing some web application. In this web application, I can upload some file at least as zip archive. I came to an idea to test, if I could place a file at a specific location I want. My first idea is to put some sort of hard coded paths…
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