MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWinRAR has a major security bugwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down15
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minus-squareAutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·9 months agoThis is the best summary I could come up with: The issue was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which discussed the problem in depth in a blog post. The issue allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code when someone opens a zipped file. "Cybercrime groups began exploiting the vulnerability in early 2023, when the bug was still unknown to defenders. “TAG has observed government-backed actors from a number of countries exploiting the WinRAR vulnerability as part of their operations.” While WinRAR is a useful piece of software used by over half a billion people, it is perhaps more famous as a meme or as the butt of jokes. When Microsoft announced native support for the .rar file format, WinRAR shared a meme on Twitter (now called X). The original article contains 333 words, the summary contains 119 words. Saved 64%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The issue was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which discussed the problem in depth in a blog post.
The issue allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code when someone opens a zipped file.
"Cybercrime groups began exploiting the vulnerability in early 2023, when the bug was still unknown to defenders.
“TAG has observed government-backed actors from a number of countries exploiting the WinRAR vulnerability as part of their operations.”
While WinRAR is a useful piece of software used by over half a billion people, it is perhaps more famous as a meme or as the butt of jokes.
When Microsoft announced native support for the .rar file format, WinRAR shared a meme on Twitter (now called X).
The original article contains 333 words, the summary contains 119 words. Saved 64%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Good bot!