Security researchers from RACK911 Labs said in a report published this week that they found "symlink race" vulnerabilities in 28 of today's most popular antivirus products. RACK911 says the bugs can ...

Like many my user folder is located on the same SSD as the OS. I'm too cheap to set up mirrored for it so no redundancy. Due to the incredibly inconsistent use of My Game folder I can't move the ...

Symbolic links, often referred to as symlinks, are advanced shortcuts in Windows that allow you to point to a file or folder, redirecting applications to access them as if they were in a different ...

Over 16,000 internet-exposed Fortinet devices have been detected as compromised with a new symlink backdoor that allows read-only access to sensitive files on previously compromised devices. This ...

While I normally sport the well-worn fedora of a hard-boiled sysadmin, Sunday mornings I swap that neo-noir accessory for the tech-noir: a pair of pro headphones. This is the tale of the collision of ...

Technology blog Tested goes in depth to explain Windows symlinks (symbolic links that let you do all sorts of cool things like sync files and folders outside your Dropbox folder), detailing what they ...

A symlink or "symbolic link" is a Linux file that simply points at another file. If the referenced file is removed, the symlink will remain but not indicate there's a problem until you try to use it.

Symlink – also called a Symbolic link or Soft link – could be one of the most hidden concepts for computer users. However, that does not take away its importance and the benefits it offers. How about ...

Threat actors have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Gogs self-hosted Git service to compromise over 700 ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...