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steghide

Steganography tool for JPEG, BMP, WAV and AU file formats. More information: https://github.com/StefanoDeVuono/steghide.
  • Embed data in a PNG, prompting for a passphrase:
    steghide embed --coverfile {{path/to/image.png}} --embedfile {{path/to/data.txt}}
  • Extract data from a WAV audio file:
    steghide extract --stegofile {{path/to/sound.wav}}
  • Display file information, trying to detect an embedded file:
    steghide info {{path/to/file.jpg}}
  • Embed data in a JPEG image, using maximum compression:
    steghide embed --coverfile {{path/to/image.jpg}} --embedfile {{path/to/data.txt}} --compress {{9}}
  • Get the list of supported encryption algorithms and modes:
    steghide encinfo
  • Embed encrypted data in a JPEG image, e.g. with Blowfish in CBC mode:
    steghide embed --coverfile {{path/to/image.jpg}} --embedfile {{path/to/data.txt}} --encryption {{blowfish|...}} {{cbc|...}}

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