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

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 ...

A third-party patch management company is cutting short attackers’ use of LNK files to smuggle in malicious commands, while Microsoft prefers to tell the whole story.

Microsoft has quietly closed off a critical Windows shortcut file bug long abused by espionage and cybercrime networks.… The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allows malicious .lnk shortcut files to ...

Shortcuts (LNK files) in Windows are indicated by curved arrows. We often treat them as background noise and don't consider what they actually do beyond opening apps. In fact, there is a huge gap ...

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allowed cybercriminals to hide malicious commands from users inspecting files through Windows' standard interface. We waited long enough. Image: Unsplash Microsoft ...