In a recent incident, attackers abused a legitimate but vulnerable Windows kernel driver to shut down endpoint security tools during an ongoing incident response. According to a Huntress report, the activity was observed during a customer investigation in early 2026 and involved the use of an old EnCase forensic driver (by Guidance Software) as part…
Category: Endpoint Protection, Security, Vulnerabilities, Windows Security
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Windows shortcuts’ use as a vector for malware may be cut short
A longstanding problem with the way Windows handles LNK shortcut files, which attackers have been abusing for years to hide malicious commands in plain sight, may finally have been fixed, with more than one patch now available to users. The problem was that threat actors could mask a harmful payload in the Target field of…
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Chinese hackers target Western diplomats using hard-to-patch Windows shortcut flaw
Chinese hackers have been spotted targeting European diplomats using a longstanding Windows shortcut vulnerability that’s been popular with threat groups as far back as 2017. According to security company Arctic Wolf, whose researchers uncovered the latest campaign, the latest attacks saw spear phishing emails sent to officials working for the governments of Hungary, Belgium, Serbia,…
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Critical Microsoft WSUS flaw exploited in wild after insufficient patch
Microsoft released out-of-band patches on Thursday to “comprehensively” fix a critical vulnerability in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) after the first patches released on Oct. 14 proved insufficient. Attackers exploited the vulnerability in the wild after a detailed vulnerability analysis and proof-of-concept exploit were published this week. Tracked as CVE-2025-59287, the vulnerability stems from…