DarkGate malware operators have been exploiting a now-patched Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw through a phishing campaign that distributes fake Microsoft software installers to propagate the malicious code. Researchers discovered a then zero-day Internet Shortcut Files security feature bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21412 earlier this year. Microsoft patched it as part of its February 2024 edition of Patch Tuesday updates. That was not before attackers such as Water Hydra exploited i
