Steganography program that is able to hide data in various kinds of image- and audio-files.
sudo apt install steghide
steghide [OPTIONS]
steghide version 0.5.1
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
To embed
steghide embed -cf cvr.jpg -ef emb.txt
To extract
steghide extract -sf stg.jpg