LNK Icon Smuggling
Subtechnique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012",
"title": "LNK Icon Smuggling",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1027/012",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--887274fc-2d63-4bdc-82f3-fae56d1d5fdc",
"external_id": "T1027.012",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2023-09-29T15:28:42.409Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.690Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"stealth"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Unprotect Shortcut",
"url": "https://unprotect.it/technique/shortcut-hiding/"
},
{
"source_name": "Booby Trap Shortcut 2017",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20171225152553/https://www.uperesia.com/booby-trapped-shortcut"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (7)
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ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2cea4c8c-4b22-4656-8e4e-fc52555f7b22
ATTACK:enterprise:M1049 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--668b73fd-0b71-49a5-a756-5213c0bcf6d5
ATTACK:enterprise:G0094 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7e3091a0-63e3-4cf5-b6c3-ed7e1b11273e
Securonix Kimsuky February 2025 · Aryaka Kimsuky July 2025ATTACK:enterprise:M1040 → mitigates → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9c3ee91e-c64e-47c5-8aeb-300bc8aa6b6e
ATTACK:enterprise:G0047 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ad3eb297-d989-492a-9969-031444e0ccc6
SymantecCarbonBlack_ShuckwormUSB_Apr2025 · VenereCiscoTalos_Gamaredon_Mar2025ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ec2eb361-4544-4599-88a1-ba6c13268b08
CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024ATTACK:enterprise:G0129 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f5d27f3c-743f-4867-8b18-8eda5527babe
Cisco Talos MUSTANG PANDA PLUGX PUBLOAD MAY 2022 · CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024 · Sophos Mustang Panda PLUGX