Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malicious files (i.e. phishing "invoices" in emails). But, ...

We all use archive file formats like .zip, .rar in order to employ lossless data compression. In a single archive file, we can add several files and folders and considerably reduce the combined size ...

While Windows doesn't give you the ability to create encrypted ZIP files, software like 7Zip does. If you choose the standard ZIP encryption (weak encryption) when making the ZIP file, then Windows ...

Most of us have worked with ZIP files to archive files, download a portable version of an app, or send numerous files to someone. While a ZIP file is a quick and simple method to accomplish these ...

In context: Protecting a Zip archive with a password can be a quick, easy way to secure sensitive or potentially dangerous data uploaded to a cloud storage server. However, when the cloud belongs to ...

Zip encryption is vulnerable to known-plaintext attacks. Implementation quality also is an issue; WinZip's is particularly bad. No source, I'm afraid.