Malware development trick - part 35: Store payload in alternate data streams. Simple C++ example

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Hello, cybersecurity enthusiasts and white hackers!

Today, this post is the result of my own research on another popular malware development trick: store malicious data in alternate data streams (ADS) and how adversaries use it for persistence.

alternate data streams

Alternate Data Streams allow for multiple data “streams” to be associated with a single filename, a capability that can be used to store metadata. While this feature was designed to support Macintosh Hierarchical File System (HFS) which uses resource …

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