Microsoft has silently mitigated a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability exploited by multiple state-backed and cybercrime ...

They can be very powerful. Shortcuts can execute commands, load external DLLs, and run hidden scripts—all without the user ...

Windows now displays in the properties tab of LNK files critical information that could reveal malicious code.

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 ...

In other words, these shortcut files are crafted such that viewing their properties in Windows conceals the malicious ...

A Zero-Day Vulnerability in the Display of LNK Files in Windows became known at the end of August this year. Microsoft currently plans no fix and does not classify it as highly risky, unlike Trend ...

Microsoft Windows users have been urgently warned about a dangerous cyberattack that can exploit a longstanding, unresolved security flaw involving Windows LNK files. As per a report in Forbes, citing ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you patched your Windows computers in 2010 against the LNK exploit used by Stuxnet and thought you were safe, researchers from Hewlett-Packard have some bad news for you: Microsoft’s fix was flawed ...