DLL side-loading Attack Takes Advantage of Windows Search Order to Inject Malicious DLL August 24, 2021 https://gbhackers.com/dll-side-loading-attack/ IBM X-Force: Hunting for Evidence of DLL Side-Loading With PowerShell and Sysmon
I have never understood how M$ was never able to fix DLL side loading, it's ridiculous. The good news is that a tool like HMPA does offer protection against this.