Week in review: Backdoor found in SOHO devices running Linux, high-risk WinRAR RCE flaw patched

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Stealthy backdoor found hiding in SOHO devices running Linux SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team has uncovered a network of compromised small office and home office (SOHO) devices they’re calling LapDogs. High-risk WinRAR RCE vulnerability patched, update quickly! (CVE-2025-6218) A recently patched directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-6218) in WinRAR could be leveraged by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. Breaking the …