The LNK vulnerability was used to launch remote code execution in cyber-espionage, data theft, and fraud attacks.

They can be very powerful. Shortcuts can execute commands, load external DLLs, and run hidden scripts—all without the user realizing. This versatility is what makes them a handy yet dangerous tool for ...

In other words, these shortcut files are crafted such that viewing their properties in Windows conceals the malicious ...

Microsoft has silently mitigated a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability exploited by multiple state-backed and cybercrime ...

Microsoft has silently mitigated CVE-2025-9491, a Windows vulnerability exploited to distribute malware via LNK files ...

Forensic investigators use LNK shortcut files to recover metadata about recently accessed files, including files deleted after the time of access. In a recent investigation, FireEye Mandiant ...

A third-party patch management company is cutting short attackers’ use of LNK files to smuggle in malicious commands, while ...

Microsoft released a new patch for the LNK vulnerability exploited by Stuxnet after it learned original patch from 2010 failed and left Windows machines exposed. A five-year-old Microsoft patch for ...

Malware researchers have noticed a new tool that helps cybercriminals build malicious .LNK files to deliver payloads for the initial stages of an attack. LNKs are Windows shortcut files that can ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today issued its quarterly Threat Insights Report revealing that a wave of cybercriminals spreading malware families – ...