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Make an inexpensive BadUSB from an old USB drive and learn about Windows shortcut files and how malicious actors are using .lnk files to spread malware.
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Using an old USB drive, you can build your own malicious BadUSB using Windows shortcut files to link to malware. An LNK file shortcut provides quick and easy access to executable files without navigating the program’s full path. In this situation, malware. executable is in a hidden directory. The user clicks on a folder, which links to the. executable, launching the malware.