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# 🦠 Introduction

Process injection is a method of executing arbitrary code in a separate live process. Running code in the context of another process may allow access to the process's memory, system/network resources, and possibly elevated privileges. Process injection is a widespread defense evasion technique employed often within malware.

To get started with malware development you will need a bit of **C/C++** knowledge as well as **Win32 API.**

## Resources

Here are some useful resources to get yourself familiar with the topics mentioned above.

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[Official C++ Tutorial](https://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/)

[Learn C](http://learn-c.org/)
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[Windows API Index](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/apiindex/windows-api-list)

[MalAPI.io](https://malapi.io/)
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The concept of process injection excites me a lot therefore this is what we will be looking at in the follow-up writeups.

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I am a complete beginner in malware development. \
This writeup series shows my **personal** journey of learning.
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