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Install agent persistence via .LNK file

Tactic: Persistence
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APT40 is known to use .LNK files in the Windows StartUp folder for persistence. This procedure generates a link file using VBA and executes it. On startup, the link will execute a Pneuma agent.
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2022-04-19

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