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The popular file compression program 7-Zip is currently affected by a high-severity vulnerability.

#vulnerability #cyberattack #CyberSecurity #app

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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

To be fair apps checking for updates is a stupid backwards thing from Windows, where you'd install manually random packages from random sources.

Checking for updates is the job of your package manager, and in any reasonable system that should be enough

this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024

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