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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm the sole Mac user in a Windows-based company, and all of our files are stored in a collection of Windows Server shares in a whole bunch of relatively organized directories. We frequently include ...

We have reported on the use of LNK files by Emotet, Qbot, and IcedID, in all cases masquerading as a Word document to trick the recipient into opening it. However, these link files can be used to ...

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 ...