Russian-linked RomCom is abusing a critical WinRAR bug to quietly persist in networks, move laterally, and siphon data over encrypted channels — hitting government, finance, and telecom sectors hard. Patch lag is keeping doors wide open.

DarkWatchMan is a fileless, modular malware family first observed in late 2021 and attributed to the financially motivated Hive0117 group. The malware is primarily delivered via spear-phishing emails containing password-protected archives, targeting Russian critical infrastructure (energy, etc).