CSOonline

Attackers move away from Office macros to LNK files for malware delivery

Barriers that Microsoft has placed to prevent malicious macros has forced some cybercriminals to use LNK files for malware delivery, but at the cost of easier detection. For years attackers have used ...
Threat Post

Locky Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns

Locky ransomware and Kovter click-fraud malware are being spread in the same email campaign for the first time, with malicious .lnk files being used to infect computers. Researchers at Microsoft’s ...
PC World

Beware! Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...
Hosted on MSN

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

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 ...
Ars Technica

Can someone analyze this MALWARE string?

It's not particularly surprising, as that bit of code doesn't actually seem to contain the malware. It's shady as all fuck, but it depends on the existence of the .lnk file to actually do anything. If ...
CSOonline

Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...