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Exploiting .lnk files is a strategy that has been used for years and still works, says new report from Forcepoint.

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CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.

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So many CVEs, so little time Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims' IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege ...

Microsoft links SolarWinds WHD exploits to RCE, lateral movement, and domain compromise in multi-stage attacks.

Microsoft's Defender Security Research Team has observed threat actors actively exploiting internet-exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk instances in multi-stage intrusions that led to lateral movement ...