The number of ways that Windows shortcut (.LNK) files can be abused just keeps growing: A cybersecurity researcher has documented four new techniques to trick Windows users into running malicious ...

Shortcuts (LNK files) in Windows are indicated by curved arrows. We often treat them as background noise and don't consider what they actually do beyond opening apps. In fact, there is a huge gap ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

IntroductionIn December 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a campaign linked to APT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima), which is a DPRK-backed threat group. In this campaign ...

CRESCENTHARVEST uses protest lures and malicious LNK files to deploy RAT malware targeting Iran protest supporters for espionage and data theft.

Hackers who normally distributed malware via phishing attachments with malicious macros gradually changed tactics after Microsoft Office began blocking them by default, switching to new file types ...

I'm the sole Mac user in a Windows-based company, and all of our files are stored in a collection of Windows Server shares in a whole bunch of relatively organized directories. We frequently include ...