State-sponsored APTs from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China are targeting victims using a Windows shortcut file exploit, according to new research from Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). In ...
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 ...