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Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware - Stanley - Jan 22, 2026 Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware Security experts have disclosed details of an active malware campaign that's exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in a legitimate binary associated with the open-source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity trojans and stealers. "Attackers achieve evasion by pairing a malicious libcares-2.dll with any signed version of the legitimate ahost.exe ( https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/hackers-exploit-c-ares-dll-side-loading.html