Here is everything you need to know about how it works, why it is dangerous, and how to stop it. PPSideLoader is a DLL sideloading attack that leverages Microsoft PowerPoint’s slide show mode. In a standard DLL sideloading attack, an attacker tricks a legitimate application into loading a malicious Dynamic Link Library (DLL) file instead of the legitimate one.
As macro-based attacks decline, sideloading techniques like PPSideLoader will become the new normal. Defenders must shift from trusting file extensions and signatures to monitoring —because even a trusted app like PowerPoint can become a backdoor when loaded the wrong way. ppsideloader
While the name sounds like a piece of malware, PPSideLoader is actually a —a specific method of sideloading malicious code using Microsoft PowerPoint files ( .pps or .ppsx ). Here is everything you need to know about