Using Shell Links as zero-touch downloaders and to initiate network connections, (Wed, Jun 24th)

Probably anyone who has used any modern version of Windows is aware of their file-based shortcuts, also known as LNKs or Shell Link files. Although they were intended as a simple feature to make Windows a bit more user-friendly, over the years, a significant number[;1]; of vulnerabilities were identified in handling of LNKs. Many of these vulnerabilities lead to remote code execution and one (CVE-2010-2568) was even used in creation of the Stuxnet worm.

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Comparing Office Documents with WinMerge, (Mon, Jun 22nd)

Sometimes I have to compare the internals of Office documents (OOXML files, e.g. ZIP container with XML files, …). Since they are ZIP containers, I have to compare the files within. I used to do this with with zipdump.py tool, but recently, I started to use WinMerge because of its graphical user interface.

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