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T1564.009 · Resource Forking

🎯 Stealth macOS Sub-technique

Sub-technique of T1564 · Hide Artifacts.

Adversaries may abuse resource forks to hide malicious code or executables to evade detection and bypass security applications. A resource fork provides applications a structured way to store resources such as thumbnail images, menu definitions, icons, dialog boxes, and code.(Citation: macOS Hierarc...

How to detect & mitigate it

Detecting Resource Forking starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.

Related techniques

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