What are some exploitation approaches and defense recommendations for this bypass technique?

Exploitation can involve using `wmic.exe` to load malicious `.xsl` files, as referenced in previous research on bypassing AppLocker. To defend against this technique, note that it avoids typical puppet process indicators (no `VirtualAllocEx` or `SetThreadContext`), so traditional memory scans fail. However, monitoring for suspicious parent-child process relationships (e.g., an unexpected parent spawning cmd.exe) can help detect such attacks. The full analysis is in Penetration Techniques - Bypassing Windows Command Line Process Auditing.