By putting conflicting metadata in LNK files, a researcher found four new ways to spoof targets, hide arguments, and run unintended programs in Windows Explorer.

When Microsoft patched a vulnerability last summer that allowed threat actors to use Windows’ shortcut (.lnk) files in ...

Researchers revealed a Phorpiex-distributed phishing campaign using malicious LNK files to deploy Global Group ransomware ...

The widely used open-source library has been patched to defend against a heap buffer overflow flaw that’s been in the code since its inception.

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Windows 11 hides a maze of settings behind the modern Settings app and the older Control Panel, which can turn simple tweaks ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...