IT researchers have discovered a security vulnerability in the archiving program 7-Zip that allows attackers to inject malicious code. Opening a carefully crafted archive file is sufficient for this.

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PC users who downloaded 7-Zip from 7zip.com (now taken down) instead of the legitimate 7-zip.org may have unknowingly installed malware that turns their computers into proxy infrastructure for fraud ...

Malwarebytes has published a warning about a 7-Zip impersonation campaign that blends a convincing fake download site with a trojanized installer designed for long-term monetization. The counterfeit ...

A fake 7-Zip website is distributing a trojanized installer of the popular archiving tool that turns the user’s computer into a residential proxy node. Residential proxy networks use home user devices ...

A fake version of the popular 7-zip download is secretly hijacking home computers and using them to route criminal internet traffic, in a campaign that researchers say has been running undetected for ...

A critical vulnerability has been identified in 7-Zip, a free software program used for archiving data, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The flaw allows cyber actors to ...

Threat actors are exploiting a recently patched 7-Zip vulnerability that leads to remote code execution (RCE), NHS England warns. The bug, tracked as CVE-2025-11001 (CVSS score of 7.0), is described ...

Update: The NHS England Digital, in an updated advisory on November 20, 2025, said it has not observed in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-11001, but noted that it's "aware of a public ...