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APTs have been using zero-day Windows shortcut exploit for eight years (ZDI-CAN-25373)
2025-03-19 13:48

State-sponsored threat actors and cybercrime groups from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China have been exploiting a zero-day Windows vulnerability with no fix in sight for the last eight years, researchers with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative have warned on Tuesday. The vulnerability, which doesn’t have a CVE number but is being tracked as ZDI-CAN-25373 by ZDI researchers, allowed attackers to surreptitiously execute malicious commands on a victim’s machine and deliver a variety of malware … More → The post APTs have been using zero-day Windows shortcut exploit for eight years (ZDI-CAN-25373) appeared first on Help Net Security.


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