: A thesis from Purdue University that explores how information can leak from WinRAR's encrypted archives by analyzing compression ratios and temporary artifacts created during usage.

While WinRAR 6.11 itself was primarily a stability and bug-fix update released in March 2022, several interesting research papers and technical analyses focus on WinRAR's security architecture, performance, and vulnerabilities that affected versions including or prior to 6.11. Technical Research Papers

: A scholarly chapter that analyzes the integration of multiple cryptographic primitives in WinRAR, assessing whether the combination guarantees a secure system. Notable Features in Version 6.11

: This comparative study evaluates the performance of WinRAR against 7-Zip, focusing on compression time, RAM utilization, and CPU usage across different operating systems.

Released in 2022, this version introduced technical improvements such as:

: This Virus Bulletin paper provides an in-depth analysis of how advanced persistent threat (APT) groups like SideCopy exploited logical vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-38831) in WinRAR versions prior to 6.23. It details the weaponization of malicious ZIP archives to bypass security through file extension spoofing.