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 ...

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 ...

An actively exploited security bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is being exploited in a new stealer campaign to download malicious executables on the victim’s system. Tracked as ...

Windows allows you to customize your shortcuts so that you can quickly access your favorite webpages and programs directly from your computer's desktop. If all of your shortcut icons have been changed ...

Microsoft released a new patch for the LNK vulnerability exploited by Stuxnet after it learned original patch from 2010 failed and left Windows machines exposed. A five-year-old Microsoft patch for ...

The Zero Day Initiative classifies a vulnerability in the display of the contents of LNK files in Windows as high-risk. Trend Micro's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) has published information on a ...