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 ...
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 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 ...
We have reported on the use of LNK files by Emotet, Qbot, and IcedID, in all cases masquerading as a Word document to trick the recipient into opening it. However, these link files can be used to ...
Cyber-criminals spreading malware families are shifting to shortcut (LNK) files to deliver malware, HP Wolf Security’s latest report suggests. According to the new research, shortcuts are gradually ...
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 ...
A zero-day vulnerability stemming from how Windows User Interface handles its shortcut (.lnk) files has been exploited by at least 11 nation-state actors in widespread threat campaigns. According to ...
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