A fake website seemingly distributing WinRar, a data compression, encryption, and archiving tool for Windows, has been seen also hosting malware.
This fake website closely resembles the official website, uses typosquatting, and capitalizes on internet users who might incorrectly type the URL of this well-known archiving application. The initial malware then leads to a slew of malicious components hosted on GitHub, which include ransomware, cryptominer and infostealer.
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Source: SonicWall
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