Damien Schaeffer

Damien Schaeffer

Senior Malware Researcher

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ESET research

Update WinRAR tools now: RomCom and others exploiting zero-day vulnerability

Update WinRAR tools now: RomCom and others exploiting zero-day vulnerability

ESET research

RomCom exploits Firefox and Windows zero days in the wild

RomCom exploits Firefox and Windows zero days in the wild
2 articles by Damien Schaeffer

ESET research

Update WinRAR tools now: RomCom and others exploiting zero-day vulnerability

Update WinRAR tools now: RomCom and others exploiting zero-day vulnerability

ESET research

Update WinRAR tools now: RomCom and others exploiting zero-day vulnerability

ESET Research discovered a zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR being exploited in the wild in the guise of job application documents; the weaponized archives exploited a path traversal flaw to compromise their targets

Anton Cherepanov, Peter Strýček, Damien Schaeffer • 11 Aug 2025 • 8 min. read

ESET research

RomCom exploits Firefox and Windows zero days in the wild

RomCom exploits Firefox and Windows zero days in the wild

ESET research

RomCom exploits Firefox and Windows zero days in the wild

ESET Research details the analysis of a previously unknown vulnerability in Mozilla products exploited in the wild and another previously unknown Microsoft Windows vulnerability, combined in a zero-click exploit

Damien Schaeffer and Romain Dumont • 26 Nov 2024 • 13 min. read