This vulnerability enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Windows systems by exploiting a flaw in how LNK (shortcut) files interact with Web Distributed Authoring and ...

how to install .lnk File into RoaminProfile Folder in wixsharp ? I would like to install .lnk file with exename.lnk into roaming profile. Any idea how to achieve it ? I use wixsharp core template for ...

Microsoft has silently mitigated an exploited LNK vulnerability with its November 2025 security updates, Acros Security says. Tracked as CVE-2025-9491 (CVSS score of 7.0), the security defect allowed ...

Year after year, LNK files are exploited in malware attacks, mainly because a core vulnerability hides malicious content from users. Microsoft has not yet fixed the flaw, so we must be cautious when ...

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 ...

North Korea's APT37 threat group is providing fresh evidence of how adversaries have pivoted to using LNK, or shortcut files, to distribute malicious payloads after Microsoft began blocking macros by ...

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 ...