New Amaranth Dragon cyberespionage group exploits WinRAR flaw

A new threat actor called Amaranth Dragon, linked to APT41 state-sponsored Chinese operations, exploited the CVE-2025-8088 ...

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 ...
Cybernews

WinRAR flaw used against Ukraine now fueling global cybercrime, Google warns

Google Threat Intelligence warns that a critical flaw in the widely used file-compression tool WinRAR is being actively ...
How-To Geek on MSN

7 tips to speed up file transfers on Windows 11

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Everybody is WinRAR phishing, dropping RATs as fast as lightning

The bug, tracked as CVE-2025-8088, is a path traversal flaw that affects the Windows version of the decompression tool. It ...

Still using WinRAR? You should probably look out for these potentially dangerous security flaws

Iconic Windows archiving program WinRAR contains a high-severity vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary ...
PCMag UK

Hackers Still Exploiting WinRAR Flaw Even Though Fix Was Released 6 Months Ago

WinRAR doesn't have an auto-update function, meaning PCs are vulnerable until you manually update. The bug is still being ...

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 ...
MUO on MSN

I ditched WinRAR for this open-source tool and it's not 7-Zip

All the power of 7-Zip, without the 2005 vibes.
Mashable

'SNL' links Epstein with Kennedy Center renaming in Christmas cold open

For the last SNL of the year, President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) got into a festive mood — by talking about Jeffrey Epstein for the umpteenth time. Referencing Trump's Wednesday night ...