I see this is doing the rounds
https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/winrar-flaw-ukraine-global-cybercrime-google/
To be clear this is a security flaw that WinRAR patched in July last year.
Why is it a problem now? Because WinRAR, like 7-Zip does not provide autoupdate. 😢
I actually made a bot to start tracking these releases @archivetoolstracker at the start of the year (it has yet to post because neither have updated yet in 2026).
If you use either of these follow it or its RSS feed so that you know when to update.
📰 ** Information Briefing: **
✨ Archive Tools Tracker
An automated Mastodon account for tracking 7-Zip and #Rar updates.
🔗 https://www.adalta.info/pdf/index.html?title=prstn_exploit_115827580975663167&lang=en
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#Exploit #Security #Update #Issue #7zip #Winrar #AISummary #Bot
I made a small thing. Just a little automated masto account @archivetoolstracker to track updates to 7-Zip and RAR (WinRAR).
Why!? 🤔 These types of archiving tools are very handy but have been known to have security issues (both had exploits last year). Plus they don't always provide automatic update mechanisms on most platforms. 😉
It should be a very low volume of posts (maybe 5 a year? 🤷). Follow and click 🔔 for an actual notification. Or just follow via RSS. 😉
