Barriers that Microsoft has placed to prevent malicious macros has forced some cybercriminals to use LNK files for malware delivery, but at the cost of easier detection. For years attackers have used ...

Cofense Intelligence exposes how threat actors abuse Windows File Explorer and WebDAV servers to bypass browser security and ...

North Korean hacking group APT37 was seen deploying new implants, backdoors, and other tools in attacks targeting air-gapped ...

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 ...

It's not particularly surprising, as that bit of code doesn't actually seem to contain the malware. It's shady as all fuck, but it depends on the existence of the .lnk file to actually do anything. If ...

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 ...

North Korea-linked ScarCruft’s Ruby Jumper uses Zoho WorkDrive C2 and USB malware to breach air-gapped systems for ...