Russian CTRL Toolkit Delivered via Malicious LNK Files Hijacks RDP via FRP Tunnels

Mar 30, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a remote access toolkit of Russian-origin that’s distributed via malicious Windows shortcut (LNK) files that are disguised as private key folders.
The CTRL toolkit, according to Censys, is custom-built using .NET and includes various executables” to facilitate credential phishing, keylogging, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) hijacking, and reverse tunneling

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