Microsoft's secret patch fixes 8-Year LNK zero-day exploited by hackers Angel Bena : Pexels Cybersecurity experts warn of a stealthy Microsoft patch addressing a long-exploited Windows LNK zero-day ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft’s November 2025 Patch Tuesday fixed 63 flaws, including CVE-2025-9491 in Windows LNK ...

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-9491, allowed cybercriminals to hide malicious commands from users inspecting files through Windows' standard interface. We waited long enough. Image: Unsplash Microsoft ...

Hackers have been stuffing seemingly innocuous LNK files with malware, invisible to users, and Microsoft has been reluctant to plug this hole. In November, the tech company released a silent patch ...

Microsoft has silently "mitigated" a high-severity Windows LNK vulnerability exploited by multiple state-backed and cybercrime hacking groups in zero-day attacks. Tracked as CVE-2025-9491, this ...

Microsoft has silently mitigated an exploited LNK vulnerability with its November 2025 security updates, Acros Security says. Tracked as CVE-2025-9491 (CVSS score of 7.0), the security defect allowed ...

Microsoft has silently plugged a security flaw that has been exploited by several threat actors since 2017 as part of the company's November 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, according to ACROS Security's ...

Year after year, LNK files are exploited in malware attacks, mainly because a core vulnerability hides malicious content from users. Microsoft has not yet fixed the flaw, so we must be cautious when ...

You might assume that high-risk security vulnerabilities that have been reported by expert security researchers would be fixed as quickly as possible by the affected companies, especially if those ...

A Zero-Day Vulnerability in the Display of LNK Files in Windows became known at the end of August this year. Microsoft currently plans no fix and does not classify it as highly risky, unlike Trend ...

Windows users warned as ongoing attacks exploit CVE-2025-9491 — and there's currently no fix available from Microsoft. Updated November 2 with a statement from Microsoft regarding the newly reported ...

The Zero Day Initiative classifies a vulnerability in the display of the contents of LNK files in Windows as high-risk. Trend Micro's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) has published information on a ...