Steghide

• Description: used to hide and retrieve files, files can be easily hidden using steganography by running something like cat Dog.jpg secretmessage.zip > Dog2.jpg which hides the zip inside the jpg file

• Installation: sudo apt-get install steghide

• Usage

  • To hide secretmessage.txt inside dog.jpg: steghide embed -cf dog.jpg -ef secretmessage.txt

    • embed: specifies operation

    • -cf dog.jpg: cover file using dog.jpg

    • -ef secretmessage.txt: embedded file using secretmessage.txt

  • To extract hidden file: steghide extract -sf dog.jpg

    • extract: specifies operation

    • -sf dog.jpg: steganogrphy flag to specify file with potentially hidden data

• Resources

  • Steghide Website

  • Steghide Download

  • Steghide Manual

  • Steghide Tutorial