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This tiny Windows shortcut file is a bigger security threat than you think

Malicious LNK shortcuts expose a long-standing weakness in Windows.
Forbes

Microsoft Windows Cyberattack Warning — Do Not Open These Files

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 ...
SecurityWeek

Microsoft Silently Mitigated Exploited LNK Vulnerability

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

Critical Windows vuln. in .LNK files = Stuxnet (and IE IV)

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 ...
Homeland Security Today

The Missing LNK — Correlating User Search 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 ...