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steghide — Steganography tool for JPEG, BMP, WAV, and AU file formats. More information: <https://manned.org/st

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Problem

How to use the steghide command: Steganography tool for JPEG, BMP, WAV, and AU file formats. More information: <https://manned.org/steghide>.

Solution

steghide — Steganography tool for JPEG, BMP, WAV, and AU file formats. More information: <https://manned.org/steghide>.

Embed data in a PNG, prompting for a passphrase:

steghide embed {{[-cf|--coverfile]}} {{path/to/image.png}} {{[-ef|--embedfile]}} {{path/to/data.txt}}

Extract data from a WAV audio file:

steghide extract {{[-sf|--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 {{[-cf|--coverfile]}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} {{[-ef|--embedfile]}} {{path/to/data.txt}} {{[-z|--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 {{[-cf|--coverfile]}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} {{[-ef|--embedfile]}} {{path/to/data.txt}} {{[-e|--encryption]}} {{blowfish|...}} {{cbc|...}}

Code Snippets

Embed data in a PNG, prompting for a passphrase

steghide embed {{[-cf|--coverfile]}} {{path/to/image.png}} {{[-ef|--embedfile]}} {{path/to/data.txt}}

Extract data from a WAV audio file

steghide extract {{[-sf|--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 {{[-cf|--coverfile]}} {{path/to/image.jpg}} {{[-ef|--embedfile]}} {{path/to/data.txt}} {{[-z|--compress]}} {{9}}

Get the list of supported encryption algorithms and modes

steghide encinfo

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