A practical walkthrough of phantom DLL hijacking, covering DLL search-order analysis, proxy DLL development, detection opportunities, and the automation of proxy DLL generation with proxydllgenerator.

What AppLocker and WDAC actually do under the hood, the techniques that still work in 2026, the ones that are now front-and-center in every EDR, and the corners most write-ups skip, Managed Installer abuse, ISG, supplemental policies, and BYOVD with HVCI in the way.