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zipdump.py: Metadata Encoding
The zipdump.py tool has been updated with a new --metadata_encoding option to correctly decode ZIP file metadata (filenames and comments) when they are encoded in non-ASCII formats like UTF-8. The tool relies on Python's zipfile and pyzipper modules and can now display metadata in the correct character encoding by checking the ZIP specification flags, particularly flag 0x0800 which indicates UTF-8 encoding.
Why it matters: Forensic analysts and malware researchers working with ZIP files containing non-ASCII filenames need proper encoding handling to correctly parse metadata during incident investigations and malware analysis.
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