With a purported userbase of over 500 million, WinRAR is one of the world’s most popular file compression tools thanks in part to its never-ending free trial. However, with such prevalence, WinRAR is ...

WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 exploited by state-sponsored and criminal groups Attackers use ADS feature to deploy malware via malicious archives Users urged to update to WinRAR 7.13 or newer for ...

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 ...

WinRAR doesn’t have an auto-update feature, but you’ll want to go ahead and patch it right now. WinRAR doesn’t have an auto-update feature, but you’ll want to go ahead and patch it right now. is a ...

Older WinRAR versions let malicious archives override the user-specified path via crafted archives, enabling stealthy system compromise. Cybersecurity researchers have identified an actively exploited ...

A security vulnerability in WinRAR has been known since August of last year and was quickly attacked by criminals. Although an update to close the vulnerability is available, Google's Threat ...

The Russian 'Sandworm' hacking group has been linked to an attack on Ukrainian state networks where WinRar was used to destroy data on government devices. In a new advisory, the Ukrainian Government ...

In brief: Last week, a researcher discovered a vulnerability in older trial versions of the WinRAR file compression software. It allows for remote code execution ...