A vulnerability in the WinRAR file archiver solution could be exploited to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) security warning and execute arbitrary code on a Windows machine. The security issue is ...

The big picture: Despite being marketed as "trialware" software, WinRAR remains one of the most popular programs for file archiving tasks. Should a significant security flaw be found, Rarlab's tool ...

Russia-linked attackers found and exploited a high-severity WinRAR vulnerability before the maintainers of the Windows file archiver issued a fix.… The bug, tracked as CVE-2025-8088, is a ...

Researchers have released a report detailing how a recent WinRAR path traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was exploited in zero-day attacks by the Russian 'RomCom' hacking group to drop ...

One inherent weakness in WinRAR is its inability to handle long file names and directory structures. Attempting to extract long names from a business RAR file will ...

Winrar is a somewhat legendary piece of software that revolutionized file packaging. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 11 ...

Anybody who frequently downloads compressed files is likely familiar with WinRAR, the “try before you buy” file archiver utility software that offers a 40-day free trial before you’re supposed to ...

The RAR format optionally splits large files into several compressed parts. This multi-part format makes distributing large business files to or from customers or among colleagues easier, because if ...

Two recently discovered security flaws could make 7-Zip a serious risk to data and system security. These bugs had been known ...