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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft’s November 2025 Patch Tuesday fixed 63 flaws, including CVE-2025-9491 in Windows LNK ...

A new strain of malware is spreading in the wild via USB storage devices, exploiting a vulnerability in the way Microsoft Windows handles shortcut files, security reporter Brian Krebs writes.

A sophisticated cyber‐espionage operation is exploiting Windows shortcut files disguised alongside seemingly genuine PDF newsletters to surreptitiously infiltrate institutions across Asia and the ...

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 ...

A malicious Windows shortcut file posing as a movie via The Pirate Bay torrent tracker can trigger a chain of mischievous activities on your computer, like injecting content from the attacker into ...

Researchers have discovered a sophisticated new strain of malicious software that piggybacks on USB storage devices and leverages what appears to be a previously unknown security vulnerability in the ...

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 ...

It probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone, but more evidence has come to light that cybercriminals are actively exploiting the Windows shortcut vulnerability (also known as CVE-2010-2568). Like ...