An encrypted ZIP file can have two correct passwords — here’s why
Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malware (phishing “invoices” in emails). But, did you know it is possible for an encrypted ZIP file to have two correct passwords, with both producing the same outcome on extraction? […]
241 npm and PyPI packages caught dropping Linux cryptominers
More than 200 malicious packages were discovered infiltrating the PyPI and npm open source registries this week. These packages are largely typosquats of widely used libraries and each one of them downloads a Bash script on Linux systems that run cryptominers. […]
