Ars Technica

Help! All shortcuts turned into .Ink files and associated with Acrobat X??

Hi all. Somehow 1 of my users has turned all the shortcut files, desktop, start menu etc. Into .lnk files which when clicked are associate with Acrobat X. Recreating the shortcut file does not fix it.
NDTV

Urgent Microsoft Windows Cyberattack Warning: Avoid Opening These Files

Windows users have been urged to practice caution. Microsoft warns Windows users of a cyberattack exploiting a longstanding LNK file vulnerability. The vulnerability, ZDI-CAN-25373, is being actively ...
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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Emotet malware now installs via PowerShell in Windows shortcut files

The Emotet botnet is now using Windows shortcut files (.LNK) containing PowerShell commands to infect victims computers, moving away from Microsoft Office macros that are now disabled by default. The ...