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Microsoft Silently Patches Windows LNK Flaw After Years of Active Exploitation

In other words, these shortcut files are crafted such that viewing their properties in Windows conceals the malicious ...
MUO on MSN

This tiny Windows shortcut file is a bigger security threat than you think

Malicious LNK shortcuts expose a long-standing weakness in Windows.
Forbes

Microsoft Windows Cyberattack Warning — Do Not Open These Files

Beware these dangerous Windows LNK files. Update, June 9, 2025: This story, originally published on June 8, has been updated with a statement from Microsoft regarding the latest ongoing cyberattacks ...
Computerworld

Critical Windows vuln. in .LNK files = Stuxnet (and IE IV)

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 ...
SecurityWeek

Microsoft Silently Mitigated Exploited LNK Vulnerability

Microsoft has silently mitigated CVE-2025-9491, a Windows vulnerability exploited to distribute malware via LNK files ...
Homeland Security Today

The Missing LNK — Correlating User Search LNK Files

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 ...