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

India is being targeted by multiple espionage campaigns delivered by the Pakistan-attributed Transparent Tribe (aka APT36).

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

A new open-source and cross-platform tool called Tirith can detect homoglyph attacks over command-line environments by ...

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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Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allowed cybercriminals to hide malicious commands from users inspecting files through Windows' standard interface. We waited long enough. Image: Unsplash Microsoft ...

PS2EXE installs through the PowerShell Gallery, so you can set it up quickly. Open Windows Terminal or PowerShell as administrator. Run the module installation command: Install-Module -Name PS2EXE ...

ExtraHop ®, a leader in modern network detection and response (NDR), today announced powerful new capabilities to detect the malicious use of PowerShell. These enhancements deliver the critical ...

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Log analysis confirmed the use of iexplore.exe and powershell.exe for HTTP GET requests, indicating potential script-based execution. The file’s hash (f2d0c66b801244c059f636d08a474079) was flagged as ...