Abstract
Steganography is the art of hiding and transmitting data through apparently innocuous carriers in an effort to conceal the existence of the data. The word steganography, as derived from Greek, literally means covered or hidden writing and includes a vast array of methods of secret communications that conceal the very existence of the message. Though steganography is an ancient craft, the onset of computer technology has given it new life. Computer-based steganographic techniques introduce changes to digital covers to embed information foreign to the native covers. Such information may be communicated in the form of text, binary files, or provide additional information about the cover and its owner such as digital watermarks or fingerprints.
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Johnson, N.F., Duric, Z., Jajodia, S. (2001). Introduction. In: Information Hiding: Steganography and Watermarking-Attacks and Countermeasures. Advances in Information Security, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4375-6_1
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