TL;DR: WinRAR has a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) allowing remote code execution via directory traversal in Windows versions. This exploit risks sensitive data and system integrity.

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 ...

Scammers are at it again - taking advantage of Google sponsored ads for acquiring traffic in order to redirect it to malware-infected copies of legitimate software. win.rar GmbH is warning users of an ...

WinRAR has patched the flaw and is encouraging users to update to version 6.23. Popular archiving tool WinRAR has patched a serious flaw that could be exploited to launch malware on a user’s PC. Trend ...

RARLAB has fixed a critical security vulnerability in the popular file compression software WinRAR. This vulnerability allows hackers to execute commands on your Windows PC if you simply open a ...

WinRAR, one of the world's most popular Windows file compression applications, has patched last month a severe security flaw that can be abused to hijack users' systems just by tricking a WinRAR user ...

Unfortunately, WinRAR doesn’t have an auto-update feature, so users will need to download and install the new version manually to fix this 'high' severity flaw. If you use WinRAR, it’s time to update.

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Remember that early 2000s software that extracted .zip files and just about any other file archive on your Windows PC, WinRAR? The one that constantly bugged you to buy it but could be duped by ...

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