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PDFSIDER malware

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2026
PDFSIDER Malware – Exploitation of DLL Side-Loading for AV and EDR Evasion

Threat actors use PDFSIDER malware with social engineering and DLL sideloading to bypass AV/EDR, and ransomware gangs already abuse it. Resecurity has learned about PDFSIDER during an investigation of a network intrusion attempt that was successfully prevented by a Fortune 100 energy corporation. The threat actor contacted their staff, impersonating technical support, and used social […]

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