Security News > 2023 > September > Beware: Fake Exploit for WinRAR Vulnerability on GitHub Infects Users with Venom RAT
2023-09-21 05:03
A malicious actor released a fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a recently disclosed WinRAR vulnerability on GitHub with an aim to infect users who downloaded the code with Venom RAT malware. "The fake PoC meant to exploit this WinRAR vulnerability was based on a publicly available PoC script that exploited a SQL injection vulnerability in an application called GeoServer, which is tracked
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