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Konni Deploys EndRAT Through Phishing, Uses KakaoTalk to Propagate Malware

Konni uses spear-phishing ZIP files to deploy EndRAT via KakaoTalk, enabling persistence and data theft, turning victims into ...
CSOonline

Attackers move away from Office macros to LNK files for malware delivery

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 ...
Threat Post

Locky Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns

Locky ransomware and Kovter click-fraud malware are being spread in the same email campaign for the first time, with malicious .lnk files being used to infect computers. Researchers at Microsoft’s ...
Bleeping Computer

Emotet malware now installs via PowerShell in Windows shortcut files

The Emotet botnet is now using Windows shortcut files (.LNK) containing PowerShell commands to infect victims computers, moving away from Microsoft Office macros that are now disabled by default. The ...
Ars Technica

Can someone analyze this MALWARE string?

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 ...