Security researchers hunt for bugs in archive file formats

Security researchers have put attention on archive file formats such as RAR and ZIP files because of their potential security vulnerabilities. Up until recently many antivirus programs weren't capable of detecting malicious software in commonly used archival formats, but most antivirus vendors patched their products for better detection. Tomislav Pericin, founder of RLPack, Mario Vuksan, ... [ read the full article ]

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