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How To Hide Texts in An Image

This document explains how to use the Steghide tool on Linux to hide text files within images using steganography. It outlines the requirements, installation steps, and commands for embedding and extracting the hidden text. The process involves using specific commands in the terminal to secure messages within cover files like images.

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How To Hide Texts in An Image

This document explains how to use the Steghide tool on Linux to hide text files within images using steganography. It outlines the requirements, installation steps, and commands for embedding and extracting the hidden text. The process involves using specific commands in the terminal to secure messages within cover files like images.

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HOW TO HIDE TEXTS IN AN IMAGE

WITH Linux, terminal.

Hey Amazing Hackers,


In this post we are introducing a
stenographic tool which is used to hide text files in an image.
You can also hide texts in an Audio file
with this tool.
Now let's check
What is Steganography?
STEGANOGRAPHY
Steganography is the technique of hiding
secret data within an ordinary, non-secret
file in order to avoid detection.
The secret data is extracted at it's destination.
This method is used by Ethical Hackers to
share messages, corrupt data files or hide
malwäre in documents for good purposes.

REQUIREMENTS
Any Linux distributions
Kali Linux, Arch Linux, Termux etc..

Steghide tool installed


apt install steghide

Target image in home directory


it can be anywhere, but here at home directory.

Text file to hide in home directory


echo "your secret message" > filename.txt

LET'S HIDE..
Here text file is secret.txt And image is ghost.jpg
0k Let's go
Here is the command to hide the text file
in the image.
$ steghide embed -cf ghost.jpg -ef secret.txt

-cf means: cover file


-ef means: embed file

Now set a password to protect that message.

EXTRACTING FILE
Now let's see how we can extract it back
from the cover file.
Extracting
Here is the command to extract the text
file from the image.
$ steghide extract -sf ghost.jpg

-sf means: stego file

Now enter recently added password.


Then Boom

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