F-Secure Products Are Vulnerable, Warns F-Secure
News The flaw affects F-Secure products for both for Windows and Linux systems. In a security bulletin, F-Secure said that an attacker could execute the code of his choice on affected systems by using specially crafted ZIP files to circumvent F-Secure...
[January 19, 2006, 16:20]
Microsoft Warns On Windows And Server Security
News A second help file bug affects shortcuts used to find HTML help files. The bug affects most currently supported versions of Windows: 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, XP, NT 4, NT 4 Terminal Server Edition and 2000.
[October 4, 2002, 8:33]
MyDoom: Prevention And Cure
News It affects only Windows users, not those using Macintosh, Linux, or Unix. The attached files are one of the following: document.zip document.pif doc.scr message.pif readme.exe file.zip message.zip oia.zip text.zip
[January 28, 2004, 9:05]
Help & HowTo: Sobig.e Worm
News Sobig.e affects only Windows users. Since ZIP files are ignored by most extension-blocking rules within email clients, you should not attempt to open this file. The attached file is your_details.zip. The body text for Sobig.e may also read "Please...
[June 26, 2003, 10:20]
File-name Flaw Threatens PGP Users
News The flaw affects PGP Corporate Edition 7.1.0 and 7.1.1. It is just like a ZIP file," Kurtz said. PGP runs into problems when it tries to encrypt or decrypt files that have names longer than 200 characters.
[September 6, 2002, 6:56]
OS X Under Attack
News According to Symantec's report, this high-risk OS X archive metadata command execution vulnerability, discovered on February 21, affects those using Safari and Mail. The latest reports say this is true even if you use Firefox to download the ZIP file.
[March 1, 2006, 12:55]
Viruses Zipped Into Clever Disguises
News According to iDEFENSE, the problem stems from the method used by antivirus software to scan compressed files and affects applications from McAfee, Computer Associates, Kaspersky, Sophos, Eset and RAV.
[October 19, 2004, 11:30]
