Expanded support for macOS formats, including archives using the LZFSE compression method. Recent Security Context
In early , cybersecurity researchers identified a zero-day vulnerability in the 7-Zip utility. This vulnerability was reportedly exploited during regional conflicts to bypass Windows security features like Mark of the Web (MotW) , which flags files downloaded from the internet to prevent malicious execution. Russo History.7z
: Added support for unpacking ISO images, MSI installers, and RAR archives. Expanded support for macOS formats, including archives using
Increased encryption strength by moving to a . Expanded support for macOS formats
: It utilizes AES-256 encryption for both data and the archive's header (filenames).
Improved multi-threading for , significantly speeding up extraction on modern multi-core processors.