Ok, so a script we were using to auto-update our mail virus scan plugin with new definitions went and created a symbolic link in a directory to the directory it the symbolic link was in. Anyway, long ...

For most Unix users, symbolic links are obvious and natural — a means to make connections that span file systems and avoid the need to keep duplicates of files in multiple file system locations.

So I created a symbolic link in my home directory for my ftp server to take users to a mp3 directory that is on my home share. When I click the link it's almost like the ftp client wants to execute ...

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 ...

Fortinet warns that threat actors use a post-exploitation technique that helps them maintain read-only access to previously compromised FortiGate VPN devices even after the original attack vector was ...