WinRAR under attack by state-level hackers, according to Google

WinRAR, a tool for unpacking compressed files, is one of those pillars of everyday PC use that’s kind of faded into the ...
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4 reasons you should stop using WinRAR and switch to 7-Zip

There was a time that Windows didn't have decompression and archiving tools built into the OS, with many people resorting to tools like WinRAR and 7-Zip to unpack compressed files. Both apps are among ...

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

Google has warned that well-known and already-patched exploit for the WinRAR file archiving and compression tool for Windows ...

Patched WinRAR vulnerability remains a favorite tool for hackers and spies

The WinRAR vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8088 was discovered and patched in July 2025, but the popular file archiver continues to suffer from its fallout. According to ...
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Months After Patch, WinRAR Bug Poised to Hit SMBs Hardest

Russian and Chinese nation-state attackers are exploiting a months-old WinRAR vulnerability, despite a patch that came out ...
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WinRAR review

A full-featured program which offers impressive extraction speeds and is ideal for creating RAR and ZIP archives, but isn’t so hot in terms of compression speeds. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend ...
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A vulnerability that enables arbitrary code execution just by opening a file with the long-established compression decompression software 'WinRAR' is discovered, and a modified ...

It has been reported that a vulnerability ' CVE-2023-40477 ' has been discovered in WinRAR, a file compression/decompression software for Windows, that allows ...
Computerworld

StrongPity APT attack group booby-trapped WinRAR and TrueCrypt downloads

Kaspersky Lab revealed an advanced persistent threat (APT) group that is so focused on encrypted data and communications that it has been targeting and tainting crypto downloads. By infecting users ...
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Create open a RAR file: Mac, Windows, mobile

Press OK to confirm the process. To create an RAR files directly from the WinRAR program, simply use the Add feature within the software. How to open a RAR file on Windows? Open the archive by ...