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Adversaries utilize NTFS Alternate Data Streams to hide and execute malicious payloads, evading detection by conventional file analysis tools.

Adversaries utilize NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS) to conceal malicious executables, effectively bypassing basic file visibility checks and traditional security scans.

The ShieldBreak exploit abuses symbolic link swaps over local loopback SMB shares to create NTFS Alternate Data Streams, enabling privilege escalation by redirecting privileged file writes to system-critical directories.

Detects suspicious creation of Alternate Data Streams (ADS) on targeted files using script or command interpreters, indicative of malware hiding in ADS for defense evasion.

Adversaries may use rundll32.exe to execute DLLs stored within alternate data streams (ADS) to bypass security controls and conceal malicious code.