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!
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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 ...
The Hacker News

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 ...

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 ...
HotHardware

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 ...
PC Gamer

Russian hackers are using WinRAR as a 'cyberweapon' against Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities are reporting that Russian hackers have used the WinRAR file compression tool to wipe data from computers at multiple government agencies. The Ukrainian Government Computer ...