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Sead Fadilpašić

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

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  • WinRAR flaw CVE-2025-8088 exploited by state-sponsored and criminal groups
  • Attackers use ADS feature to deploy malware via malicious archives
  • Users urged to update to WinRAR 7.13 or newer for protection

Iconic Windows archiving program WinRAR contains a high-severity vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary code on compromised endpoints - and security researchers are now saying the bug is being exploited by numerous hacking collectives, both state-sponsored and otherwise.

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