DATA HIDING TECHNIQUES

DATA HIDING TECHNIQUES



DATA HIDING TECHNIQUES

Data Streams NTFS

Windows operating systems are endowed with two little-known features hiding data: data streams NTFS (also known as alternate data streams) and admission to a list of resources on the basis of authorization Access-based Enumeration (ABE). Alternate data streams provide an opportunity to add file concealed information such as details about the file. Most likely, you do not have to use hidden streams, but attackers can use this technology against you, so you should be aware of it and how it can work (Fridrich, 1998).

NTFS file consists of data flows. This is ...