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One of my hunting rules triggered some suspicious Python code, and, diving deeper, I found an interesting example of DLL side-loading. This technique involves placing a malicious DLL with the same name and export structure as a legitimate DLL in a location the application checks first, causing the application to load the malicious DLL instead of the intended one. This is a classic vulnerability seen for years in many software. The attacker also implemented simple tricks to bypass classic security controls.