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Microsoft "mitigates" Windows LNK flaw exploited as zero-day
Microsoft has silently "mitigated" a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability exploited by multiple state-backed and cybercrime hacking groups in zero-day attacks.
- December 03, 2025
- 11:45 AM
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Windows zero-day actively exploited to spy on European diplomats
A China-linked hacking group is exploiting a Windows zero-day in attacks targeting European diplomats in Hungary, Belgium, and other European nations.
- October 31, 2025
- 07:29 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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New Windows zero-day exploited by 11 state hacking groups since 2017
At least 11 state-backed hacking groups from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China have been exploiting a new Windows vulnerability in data theft and cyber espionage zero-day attacks since 2017.
- March 18, 2025
- 01:11 PM
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Hackers use new PowerMagic and CommonMagic malware to steal data
Security researchers have discovered attacks from an advanced threat actor that used "a previously unseen malicious framework" called CommonMagic and a new backdoor called PowerMagic.
- March 21, 2023
- 04:33 PM
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As Microsoft blocks Office macros, hackers find new attack vectors
Hackers who normally distributed malware via phishing attachments with malicious macros gradually changed tactics after Microsoft Office began blocking them by default, switching to new file types such as ISO, RAR, and Windows Shortcut (LNK) attachments.
- July 28, 2022
- 05:00 AM
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Malicious Windows 'LNK' attacks made easy with new Quantum builder
Malware researchers have noticed a new tool that helps cybercriminals build malicious .LNK files to deliver payloads for the initial stages of an attack.
- June 23, 2022
- 11:04 AM
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