Here you will find all the articles with the tag: WinRAR.
Russian state-affiliated hacker gang APT29 is exploiting the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR 6.23 and older versions. A combined tactic of "old-school phishing and new cloaking capabilities" is used for this purpose. This is what the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NDSC) ind... Read more
5 months ago
Windows 11 22H2 now supports the .rar, .gz and .tar archive formats, 28 years after WinRAR first appeared on the scene. Many more formats are reportedly supported with the move. Under the motto "better late than never," Microsoft announced in May of this year that Windows 11 would begin offering... Read more
6 months ago
WinRAR users, without a patch, are vulnerable to CVE-2023-40477, a serious software flaw. The bug allows attackers to execute code on the victim's machine after the latter opens a file. The vulnerability appears to be a result of an incomplete validation step during recovery volume processing. T... Read more
8 months ago
The company behind WinRAR says it is surprised by the announcement that Windows 11 will now support .rar files. Native support for these had been lacking for thirty years, giving WinRAR cult status as a software alternative. Last week, Microsoft announced at its own Build conference that Windows... Read more
11 months ago
Windows 11 will now support the .rar, .gz and .tar archive formats, 28 years after WinRAR first appeared on the scene. "Many more" formats are said to be supported with the move. Under the motto, "better late than never", Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will include support for archive f... Read more
11 months ago
A last month discovered zero day leak in Winrar is meanwhile being exploited by hackers. This allows them to install malware unnoticed on systems with an old version of the software. All versions of Winrar for Edition 5.70 contain a loophole that allows hackers to bypass Windows' built-in security a... Read more
5 years ago
WinRAR, a file compression program for Windows with 500 million users worldwide, has solved a vulnerability of over 14 years old. The vulnerability made it possible for attackers to run rogue code when a target opened a file with a booby trap, reports Ars Technica. The vulnerability was the result o... Read more
5 years ago
