Microsoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
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Microsoft cloud services are scanning for malware by peeking inside users’ zip files, even when they’re protected by a password, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday.
Compressing file contents into archived zip files has long been a tactic