In other words, these shortcut files are crafted such that viewing their properties in Windows conceals the malicious ...
The LNK vulnerability was used to launch remote code execution in cyber-espionage, data theft, and fraud attacks.
Microsoft has silently mitigated CVE-2025-9491, a Windows vulnerability exploited to distribute malware via LNK files ...
Microsoft quietly issued a fix for a long-exploited Windows zero-day vulnerability in its November security updates, closing ...
Microsoft has silently mitigated a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability exploited by multiple state-backed and cybercrime ...
Beware these dangerous Windows LNK files. Update, June 9, 2025: This story, originally published on June 8, has been updated with a statement from Microsoft regarding the latest ongoing cyberattacks ...
A third-party patch management company is cutting short attackers’ use of LNK files to smuggle in malicious commands, while ...
Eeek! All versions of Microsoft Windows have a nasty shortcut-file vulnerability, it has emerged. Simply displaying the icon of a crafty .LNK file will cause malware infection. The Stuxnet worm has ...
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allowed cybercriminals to hide malicious commands from users inspecting files through ...
Cybersecurity experts warn of a stealthy Microsoft patch addressing a long-exploited Windows LNK zero-day vulnerability, ...
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 ...