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Dec 04 2025 Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse

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Silent Patch Tuesday mitigation ends ability to hide malicious commands in.lnk files Microsoft has quietly closed off a critical Windows shortcut file bug long abused by espionage and cybercrime networks.... [...]

Posted by Carly Page on Thu 04 December 2025 in The Register.

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