Steganography Tools

Here you’ll find a list of steganography tools. Before starting, it may be advisable to read some notes about this list.

Steganography in Images

• CryptoStego [ PNG, JPG ]
• F5 [ JPG ]
• HStego [ PNG, JPG ]
• JPHS [ JPG ]
• JSteg [ JPG ]
• OpenPuff [ BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA ]
• OpenStego [ PNG ]
• Outguess [ JPG ]
• SilentEye [ BMP, JPG ]
• SSuite Picsel [ BMP, PNG, JPG ]
• StegHide [ BMP, JPG ]
• QuickStego [ BMP, GIF, JPG ]

Steganography in Audio

• DeepSound [ FLAC, MP3, WAV, APE ]
• HiddenWave [ WAV ]
• MP3Stego [ MP3 ]
• OpenPuff [ AIFF, MP3, NEXT/SUN, WAV ]
• SilentEye [ WAV ]
• StegHide [ WAV, AU ]

Steganography in Video

• OpenPuff [ 3GP, MP4, MPG, VOB ]

Steganography in Text

• Steg
• ChatGPT

Steganography in Other Media

• OpenPuff [ FLV, SWF, PDF ]

Notes About This List

This is a list of steganography tools that I am compiling. It includes a link where the tool can be obtained, a brief description, and a table indicating the operating systems it works on, the file types it works with, and the data embedding method it uses. The latter is especially important if you want to perform steganalysis using a tool like Aletheia.

Some data is still not available, usually because I have not found this information and have not yet had time to investigate the tool.

If you know some data that is not provided, or there is a tool that you think would be interesting to add to the list, you can get in touch with me here.

CryptoStego

CryptoStego is a steganography tool for images that runs in the browser.

Since this tool runs in the browser, it is only necessary to access the page and follow the instructions.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence model developed by OpenAI to simulate human conversations through text.

It is not a steganography tool per se, although its ability to generate high-quality texts allows it to be used as such. An example can be found in the article Text Steganography with ChatGPT.

DeepSound

DeepSound is a steganography tool that allows hiding information within audio files.

Graphical Interface:

DeepSound has a graphical interface that facilitates the hiding and extracting of information.

F5

F5 is a steganography tool for JPEG images.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a “secret.txt” file in a cover image, we can use the following command:

java -jar f5.jar e -p p4ssw0rd -e secret.txt cover.jpg stego.jpg

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego image, we can use the following command:

java -jar f5.jar x -p p4ssw0rd -xf output.txt stego.jpg

HiddenWave

HiddenWave is a steganography tool for audio in WAV files.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a message in a cover audio we can use the following command:

python3 HiddenWave.py -f cover.wav -m "Secret message" -o stego.wav

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from the stego audio we can use the following command:

python3 ExWave.py -f stego.wav

HStego

HStego is a steganography tool that allows hiding information in PNG and JPG images. The main objective of this tool is to go undetected by modern steganalysis tools.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a “secret.txt” file in a cover image, we can use the following command:

hstego.py embed secret.txt cover.png stego.png p4ssw0rd

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego image, we can use the following command:

hstego.py extract stego.png content.txt p4ssw0rd

Graphical Interface:

The HStego tool has a graphical interface that allows hiding and extracting information, as well as embedding and verifying watermarks.

JPHS

JP Hide & Seek is a steganography tool for JPEG images.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a “secret.txt” file in a cover image, we can use the following command:

jphide cover.jpg stego.jpg secret.txt

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego image, we can use the following command:

jpseek stego.jpg output.txt

JSteg

JSteg is a steganography tool for JPEG images.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a “secret.txt” file in a cover image, we can use the following command:

cjpeg -steg secret.txt cover.pgm > stego.jpg

Extraction of a message using commands:

To extract hidden information in a stego image, we can use the following command:

djpeg -steg output.txt stego.jpg > out.jpg

MP3Stego

MP3Stego is a steganography tool that hides information during the compression of a WAV file to MP3.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a “secret.txt” file in a cover audio file, we can use the following command:

encode -E secret.txt -P p4ssw0rd cover.wav stego.mp3

Extracting a Message Using Commands:

To extract hidden information from the stego audio, we can use the following command:

decode -X -P p4ssw0rd svega_stego.mp3

OpenPuff

OpenPuff is a steganography tool that allows the hiding of information in multiple formats.

Graphical Interface:

The OpenPuff tool has a graphical interface that allows hiding and extracting information, as well as embedding and verifying the watermark.

OpenStego

OpenStego is a steganography tool for images, which allows the hiding of information both for the transmission of secret messages and for watermarking.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a file “secret.txt” inside a cover image we can use the following command:

java -jar openstego.jar embed -a randomlsb -mf secret.txt -cf cover.png -sf stego.png

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego image we can use the following command:

java -jar openstego.jar extract -a randomlsb -sf stego.png -xd output-dir

Graphical Interface:

The OpenStego tool has a graphical interface that allows hiding and extracting information, as well as embedding and verifying the watermark.

Outguess

Outguess is a steganography tool for JPEG images.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a file “secret.txt” inside a cover image we can use the following command:

outguess -k p4ssw0rd -d secret.txt cover.jpg stego.jpg

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego image we can use the following command:

outguess -k p4ssw0rd -r stego.jpg output.txt

QuickStego

QuickStego is a steganography tool that allows hiding information in images.

Graphical Interface:

The QuickStego tool has a graphical interface that allows hiding and extracting information.

SilentEye

SilentEye is a steganography tool that allows hiding information in images and audio.

Graphical Interface:

The SilentEye tool has a graphical interface that allows hiding and extracting information.

SSuite Picsel

SSuite Picsel is a steganography tool that allows hiding information in images.

Graphical Interface:

The SSuite Picsel tool has a graphical interface that allows hiding and extracting information.

Steg

Steg is a steganography tool that allows hiding information in ASCII text using different encodings for whitespace.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a message inside a cover image we can use the following command:

steg -c cover.txt -o stego.txt "This is a message"

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego text we can use the following command:

steg -d -s stego.txt

Steghide

Steghide is a steganography tool that allows hiding information in images and audio.

Embedding a message using commands:

To hide a file “secret.txt” inside a cover image we can use the following command:

steghide embed -cf cover.jpg -ef secret.txt -sf stego.jpg -p p4ssw0rd

Extracting a message using commands:

To extract hidden information from a stego image we can use the following command:

steghide extract -sf stego.jpg -xf output.txt -p p4ssw0rd -f