LNK Malware Leverages Legit Windows Files to Slip Past Defenses

In a recently observed campaign emerging from Israel, threat actors have revived the use of Windows shortcut (.LNK) files to deliver a potent Remote Access Trojan (RAT). These seemingly innocuous shortcut files exploit Living-off-the-Land Binaries (LOLBins) such as odbcconf.exe to silently register and execute malicious DLLs, evading security tools and complicating detection efforts. The attack […]

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