Thursday, 13 February 2014

Hide Data in Image, Audio and Video Files: Steganography:

Hide Data in Image, Audio and Video Files: Steganography:

Hello Everyone Today i'm going to tell you that how to Hide Data in Image, Audio and Video Files: with Steganography.


What is Steganography?

Steganography is a means of obscuring data where secret messages are hidden inside computer files such as images, sound files, videos and even executable files so that, no one except the sender and the receiver will suspect the existence of stealth information in it. Steganography may also involve the usage of cryptography where the message is first encrypted before it is concealed in another file. Generally, the messages appear to be something else such as an image, sound or video so that the transfer of secret data remains unsuspected.
The main advantage of steganography over other methods such as cryptography is that, it will not arose suspicion even if the files fall in the hands of a third party. Unlike cryptographic messages, stegnographic messages will no way attract the attention of a third party by themselves. Thus stegnanography has an upper hand over cryptography as it involves both encryption and obscurity.

How to Use Stego Magic?

Suppose you want to hide a text message inside a JPG file:
  1. Place the JPG and the text file (.txt) in the same folder as that ofStegoMagic_TXT.exe
  2. Run StegoMagic_TXT.exe and follow the screen instructions to embed the text message inside the JPG image.
    Please note that if you’re using Windows 7/Vista, right-click the file and select “Run as Administrator”. Otherwise the tool may fail to work properly.
  3. Note down the secret decryption key.
Now you can send this image to your friend via email. To decrypt the hidden message, your friend should load this JPG file onto the Stego Magic tool and use the secret decryption key.

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