Google says a WinRAR exploit for Windows is in ‘widespread’ use by government-backed threat actors ‘linked to Russia and China’

Google has warned that well-known and already-patched exploit for the WinRAR file archiving and compression tool for Windows remains in “widespread, active” use by “government-backed threat actors linked to Russia and China”. Known as critical vulnerability CVE-2025-8088, the exploit identified was in July last year and was posted on the National Vulnerability Database back in…

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Google says a WinRAR exploit for Windows is in ‘widespread’ use by government-backed threat actors ‘linked to Russia and China’

Google has warned that well-known and already-patched exploit for the WinRAR file archiving and compression tool for Windows remains in “widespread, active” use by “government-backed threat actors linked to Russia and China”. Known as critical vulnerability CVE-2025-8088, the exploit identified was in July last year and was posted on the National Vulnerability Database back in…

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Leon Kennedy’s ‘hot uncle’ design in the new Resident Evil is thanks to the women on the dev team, says director, who ‘would point out and comment on even the finest details like the wrinkles on his neck’

If you asked me to rustle up a list of ‘most lusted after men in gaming’, I’d first establish some boundaries because that’s a very strange thing to ask somebody and I don’t know you that well. After we’d become more familiar, however, I’d certainly put Resident Evil heartthrob Leon Kennedy on the list. Modders…

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Random: “We Should Have Anticipated This 28 Years Ago, I Guess” – Banjo: Recompiled Throws Up An Amusing Issue

Wide open space. This week saw the welcome release of Banjo: Recompiled, a native PC port of the original 1998 N64 classic. This statically recompiled port includes a host of new features and improvements, one of which is the ability to run the game in widescreen and ultra-widescreen modes. Read the full article on timeextension.com…

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“Annihilate All Enemies!” – Namco’s Block-Breaking Arkanoid Rival ‘Quester’ Arrives On Consoles This Week

The brick breaker originally landed in arcades back in 1987. Namco’s 1987 brick-breaking arcade game Quester has been revealed as the next classic arcade game coming to modern consoles as part of Arcade Archives. It will be released digitally tomorrow (January 29th) on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with two…

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