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!
TechCrunch

Russia and China-backed hackers are exploiting WinRAR zero-day bug

Google security researchers say they have found evidence that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting a since-patched vulnerability in WinRAR, the popular shareware ...
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Newly discovered WinRAR exploit linked to Russian hacking group, can plant backdoor malware — zero day hack requires manual update to fix

A new vulnerability in file archiving software WinRAR has come to light that can potentially install backdoor malware on Windows PCs. The zero-day vulnerability was discovered by security researchers ...
Threat Post

19-Year-Old WinRAR Flaw Plagues 500 Million Users

Users of the popular file-compression tool are urged to immediately update after a serious code-execution flaw was found in WinRAR. Popular Windows data compression tool WinRAR has patched a serious ...
Threat Post

Critical WinRAR Flaw Found Actively Being Exploited

The spam campaign is being used to spread a malicious .exe file, taking advantage of a vulnerability in WinRAR which was patched in January. A critical 19-year-old WinRAR vulnerability disclosed last ...
PC Magazine

Lack of Patching Lets Russian, Chinese Hackers Exploit WinRAR Flaw

A known vulnerability in the file-archiving tool WinRAR continues to proliferate because not enough users are installing the patch, according to Google. WinRAR actually patched the flaw on Aug. 2 with ...
HotHardware

WinRAR, Which You Totally Paid For, Was Under Siege By Zero-Day Attacks

Everyone's favorite file archiving utility isn't often in the news, but today is an exception. The WinRAR archiving utility has been the target of a couple of large-scale attacks that leverage a 0-day ...
Dark Reading

Threat Actor Exploits Zero-Day in WinRAR to Target Crypto Accounts

A threat actor with possible connections to Russia's financially motivated Evilnum group is targeting users in online cryptocurrency trading forums via a now-patched bug in the popular WinRAR file ...
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WinRAR updated to protect against a (recently discovered) 19-year old security vulnerability

File archiving utility WinRAR has been around for more than two decades… and for almost as long, there’s been a vulnerability in the application that could allow an attacker to take over your computer ...
PC Magazine

WinRAR Fixes Flaw Involving Booby-Trapped Archive Files That Install Malware

If you use WinRAR, it’s time to update. The file-archiving utility has patched a serious vulnerability that can be exploited to launch malware from a booby-trapped RAR file. After a user reported the ...