They can be very powerful. Shortcuts can execute commands, load external DLLs, and run hidden scripts—all without the user ...
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 ...
In other words, these shortcut files are crafted such that viewing their properties in Windows conceals the malicious ...
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 LNK vulnerability was used to launch remote code execution in cyber-espionage, data theft, and fraud attacks.
A third-party patch management company is cutting short attackers’ use of LNK files to smuggle in malicious commands, while ...
The Zero Day Initiative classifies a vulnerability in the display of the contents of LNK files in Windows as high-risk. Trend Micro's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) has published information on a ...