Malware development: persistence - part 24. StartupApproved. Simple C example

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Hello, cybersecurity enthusiasts and white hackers!

This post is based on my own research into one of the another interesting malware persistence tricks: via StartupApproved Registry key.

StartupApproved

The very first post in the series about persistence, I wrote about one of the most popular and already classic techniques, via Registry Run keys.

An uncommon Registry entry utilized by the standard “startup” process (i.e., the one mostly controlled by Windows Explorer, such as the Run and RunOnce keys, …

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