A convincing lookalike of the popular Huorong Security antivirus has been used to deliver ValleyRAT, a sophisticated Remote ...

A coordinated cyber-espionage campaign attributed to the Chollima advanced persistent threat group has drawn attention from security researchers after attackers used malicious Windows shortcut files ...

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

Microsoft details a new ClickFix variant abusing DNS nslookup commands to stage malware, enabling stealthy payload delivery ...

By putting conflicting metadata in LNK files, a researcher found four new ways to spoof targets, hide arguments, and run unintended programs in Windows Explorer.

Today, at Wild West Hackin' Fest, security researcher Wietze Beukema disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in Windows LK ...

Now Microsoft has confirmed three zero-day Windows security bypass vulnerabilities, users are warned to get their update groove on ASAP.

Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Denial of Service Vulnerability ( CVE-2026-21525 ): This 6.2-rated bug is triggered by a null pointer dereference in Windows Remote Access Connection Manager ...

When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in exploits, defenders might have hoped use of this tactic would decline. They were ...

Researchers revealed a Phorpiex-distributed phishing campaign using malicious LNK files to deploy Global Group ransomware designed to operate entirely offline. Forcepoint X-Labs researchers have ...

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