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 ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Security researchers have discovered a security vulnerability within the popular compression software WinRAR, which leaves PCs exposed to hackers. A new ...

Security researchers have discovered a new flaw in WinRAR that was recently exploited to spread malware through phishing emails. The flaw, CVE-2025-8088, can be harnessed through maliciously crafted ...

Once upon a time, WinRAR was far and away the most popular archival software for Windows. While it isn't as ubiquitous as it once was—due both to the rise of the open-source 7-Zip as well as Microsoft ...

A micropatch was released to fix a 19-year old arbitrary code execution vulnerability impacting 500 million users of the WinRAR compression tool and to keep ACE support after the app's devs removed it ...

The list of threat actors abusing a vulnerability in WinRAR that was first discovered last spring is continuing to grow, with the latest addition being APT29, a Russian state-sponsored threat actor ...

Update: WinRAR’s has officially responded to the vulnerability by saying that “executable files are potentially dangerous by design” and that it would be easier for attackers to just bundle a ...

WinRAR 7.10 was released yesterday with numerous features, such as larger memory pages, a dark mode, and the ability to fine-tune how Windows Mark-of-the-Web flags are propagated when extracting files ...

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 ...