Still using WinRAR? You should probably look out for these potentially dangerous security flaws

A high severity flaw in WinRAR allows crooks to execute malware remotely.

Google warns that a well-known exploit for WinRAR is still in widespread use by Russian and Chinese threat actors

Download WinRAR version 7.13 immediately!

WinRAR path traversal flaw still exploited by numerous hackers

Multiple threat actors, both state-sponsored and financially motivated, are exploiting the CVE-2025-8088 high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR for initial access and to deliver various malicious ...
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FlyingYeti APT Serves Up Cookbox Malware Using WinRAR

A month-long phishing campaign by the Russia-aligned threat actor group FlyingYeti has been leveraging a WinRAR vulnerability to deliver the Cookbox malware to Ukrainian citizens. The Cloudforce One ...
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China-Linked Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Flaw in Espionage Campaigns

China-linked Amaranth-Dragon and Mustang Panda target Southeast Asian governments using WinRAR exploit and PlugX phishing ...
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Do You Use WinRAR? Install This Urgent Security Update ASAP To Thwart Hackers

Once upon a time, WinRAR was far and away the most popular archival software for Windows. While it isn't as ubiquitous as it once was—due both to the rise of the open-source 7-Zip as well as Microsoft ...