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12404155894?profile=RESIZE_400xDarkGate 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