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    How to Hide Data Files in Images using Steghide & Kali Linux

    • Posted by shubham
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    • Tags Hide Data Files in Images, Hide Data Files in Images using steghide, How to Hide Data Files in Images using Steghide & Kali Linux, steghide

    Steganography is a technique used to hide files and sensitive data inside an image so that it can be transported without arousing any suspicion. It is mostly used for Blackhat Hacking. It is generally encrypted so that data remains secure.

    This method is one of the basics of cryptography. In this tutorial, we will show you how you can hide files in an image using steghide and Kali Linux.

    Table of contents

    • So what is steganography?
    • How to Encrypt Files using Steganography in Kali Linux
    • How to Decrypt the Encrypted File using Kali Linux :

    So what is steganography?

    Steganography is the technique that uses data manipulation to hide secret data inside an image and encrypts it with a secret passkey. In this process of encryption, we hide files and data inside an image, we encrypt the data with a passkey which needs another key on the receiver side to decrypt it. The receiver needs the decryption key in order to view the data.

    How to Encrypt Files using Steganography in Kali Linux

    We know that Kali Linux is the most used hacking OS in the world. So with that in mind, we will perform this tutorial in Kali Linux just because of its convenience. We will be using Steghide for this tutorial. So without further ado lets begin:

    Features of steghide:

    • compression of embedded data
    • encryption of embedded data
    • embedding of a checksum to verify the integrity of the extracted data
    • support for JPEG, BMP, WAV, and AU files (Yes it supports even audio files).

    Step 1: Open a Kali Linux Terminal and clone the steghide repository

    apt-get install steghide

    Step 2: Download an image file in which we will hide out text files inside of it.

    Step 3: In the Kali Linux terminal. Change the working directory to Desktop using the following command:

    cd Desktop

    Step 4: Make sure that both the files i.e JPG Image file and the text file in the same working directory. In this tutorial, the directory used is Desktop. You can choose any.

    steganography hide files

    I have downloaded an image of a girl. The file is named girl.jpg. The text file is secret.txt

    Step 5: Type steghide or steghide -h to show all the option of steghide.

    The output will be the following :

    the first argument must be one of the following:
    embed, --embed embed data
    extract, --extract extract data
    info, --info display information about a cover- or stego-file
    info <filename> display information about <filename>
    encinfo, --encinfo display a list of supported encryption algorithms
    version, --version display version information
    license, --license display steghide's license
    help, --help display this usage information
    embedding options:
    -ef, --embedfile select file to be embedded
    -ef <filename> embed the file <filename>
    -cf, --coverfile select cover-file
    -cf <filename> embed into the file <filename>
    -p, --passphrase specify passphrase
    -p <passphrase> use <passphrase> to embed data
    -sf, --stegofile select stego file
    -sf <filename> write result to <filename> instead of cover-file
    -e, --encryption select encryption parameters
    -e <a>[<m>]|<m>[<a>] specify an encryption algorithm and/or mode
    -e none do not encrypt data before embedding
    -z, --compress compress data before embedding (default)
    -z <l> using level <l> (1 best speed...9 best compression)
    -Z, --dontcompress do not compress data before embedding
    -K, --nochecksum do not embed crc32 checksum of embedded data
    -N, --dontembedname do not embed the name of the original file
    -f, --force overwrite existing files
    -q, --quiet suppress information messages
    -v, --verbose display detailed information
    extracting options:
    -sf, --stegofile select stego file
    -sf <filename> extract data from <filename>
    -p, --passphrase specify passphrase
    -p <passphrase> use <passphrase> to extract data
    -xf, --extractfile select file name for extracted data
    -xf <filename> write the extracted data to <filename>
    -f, --force overwrite existing files
    -q, --quiet suppress information messages
    -v, --verbose display detailed information
    options for the info command:
    -p, --passphrase specify passphrase
    -p <passphrase> use <passphrase> to get info about embedded data
    To embed emb.txt in cvr.jpg: steghide embed -cf cvr.jpg -ef emb.txt
    To extract embedded data from stg.jpg: steghide extract -sf stg.jpg

    Step 6: Now type the following commands to embed the text File into the Image File with a password

    kali linux steghide data inside an image steganography hide files
    steghide embed -cf girl.jpg -ef secret.txt 

    The help section describes each command you can use in steghide.

    Step 7: Now Steghide will you for a Passphrase/password. So you can enter any password you like, then re-enter the same passphrase to confirm and hit enter.

    You will get the following output on your terminal.

    kali linux steghide data inside an image

    Step 8: Viola you have successfully hidden the text file within the image.

    How to Decrypt the Encrypted File using Kali Linux :

    Step 1: To decrypt the Encrypted file, go to your Kali Linux terminal and type the following command

    steghide extract -sf girl.jpg 
    kali linux steghide data inside an image

    Step 2: Now enter the password/passphrase to unlock the file.

    You need the correct password otherwise the file will not open.

    Congratulations you have learned the basics of steganography and using steghide on Kali Linux. Now you can hide files in images and audio files using steghide.

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