Open This Archive and Please Meet Your New Hacker Roommate
In a stunning exhibition of digital hospitality, exploits that 'allow for persistent backdooring' await anyone bold enough to open a simple archive. It’s like inviting a wolf in sheep’s clothing to crash your living room but the wolf never leaves. As the article says, this happens when targets 'open booby-trapped archive,' which is a polite way of saying "Congratulations, you've just rolled out the red carpet for a digital squat party." Clearly, we've mastered the art of trusting random zipped files more than our boss’s advice.
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Nothing says ‘welcome to my computer’ like opening a booby-trapped archive. Spoiler: You just installed a hacker with no plans to move out. #DigitalSquatterLife
Opening a booby-trapped archive is the adult version of eating that mysterious cookie from the office tray. Spoiler alert: regret is included free of charge.
Backdoors in digital archives: because who doesn’t want their computer to participate in a seedy espionage novel without consent?
Source: Arstechnica | Published: 8/12/2025 | Author: Dan Goodin
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