sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoRussian Hackers Are Still Exploiting a WinRAR Vulnerability, Here's How to Protect Yourselfrespawnfirst.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up172
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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 days agoTldr. Update WinRAR. Better option, uninstall WinRAR and use something more sensible like 7zip.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoBetter option: move to Linux, also dump rar
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoWho the fuck still uses WinRAR?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoOrgs who haven’t updated their processes in 20 years and still have a valid license.
minus-squareTiral@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoLicense? I thought the point was to see how high the number went every time you opened it.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoUntil you are a business and you get reamed by legal for using unlicensed software putting the business at legal risk.
minus-squarecRazi_man@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoI’m more of a PeaZip person myself.
minus-squarecRazi_man@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoFull list of options…before this turns into a long list of options: https://alternativeto.net/software/winrar/?license=opensource
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days agoI’ll just uh… Leave these here. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/wide-ranging-7-zip-vulnerability-with-8-8-cve-rating-allows-for-code-execution-hundreds-of-millions-of-machines-potentially-at-risk https://cybersecuritynews.com/7-zip-rce-vulnerability-exploited/ (another similar CVE from late last year) I use 7-zip myself, and have for over a decade, but it too has like… A major CVE around once every six months - worse than WinRARs record actually. Its no silver bullet.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoNot a silver bullet but the functionality of 7zip is far greater then WinRAR.
Tldr. Update WinRAR.
Better option, uninstall WinRAR and use something more sensible like 7zip.
Better option: move to Linux, also dump rar
Who the fuck still uses WinRAR?
Orgs who haven’t updated their processes in 20 years and still have a valid license.
License? I thought the point was to see how high the number went every time you opened it.
Until you are a business and you get reamed by legal for using unlicensed software putting the business at legal risk.
I’m more of a PeaZip person myself.
I like Nanazip
Full list of options…before this turns into a long list of options: https://alternativeto.net/software/winrar/?license=opensource
Laughs in
tar.gzI’ll just uh… Leave these here.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/wide-ranging-7-zip-vulnerability-with-8-8-cve-rating-allows-for-code-execution-hundreds-of-millions-of-machines-potentially-at-risk
https://cybersecuritynews.com/7-zip-rce-vulnerability-exploited/ (another similar CVE from late last year)
I use 7-zip myself, and have for over a decade, but it too has like… A major CVE around once every six months - worse than WinRARs record actually.
Its no silver bullet.
Not a silver bullet but the functionality of 7zip is far greater then WinRAR.