TweakTown

WinRAR 'high-risk' exploit discovered, make sure you update to the latest release

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.
Hosted on MSN

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 ...
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Russia's RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks

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 ...
PC World

Update WinRAR now! This security flaw leaves your PC exposed to malware

If you’re still using WinRAR, you should update to version 7.12 as soon as possible. A vulnerability labeled CVE-2025-6218 was recently discovered in older versions of the popular Windows file ...
Bleeping Computer

Details emerge on WinRAR zero-day attacks that infected PCs with malware

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 ...
TechRepublic

WinRAR Zero-Day Exploited by Russian-Linked Hackers RomCom and Paper Werewolf

WinRAR Zero-Day Exploited by Russian-Linked Hackers RomCom and Paper Werewolf Your email has been sent Cybersecurity researchers have identified an actively exploited flaw in WinRAR that attackers are ...
PC Gamer

Google says a WinRAR exploit for Windows is in 'widespread' use by government-backed threat actors 'linked to Russia and China'

If you are using WinRAR you definitely want to update to version 7.13. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
HotHardware

Your Stolen WinRAR Copy Is Being Actively Exploited In The Wild, Patch ASAP

Those of you using WinRAR, Windows 10, or both should be on high alert. Two new vulnerabilities have been documented in the wild and are being actively exploited. As of this week, The National ...