Steganography Secrets: Hiding Messages in Plain Sight 🔍

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."
Sherlock Holmes - The Boscombe Valley Mystery

Encryption gets all the headlines these days. What isn’t getting the headlines is encryption’s brother steganography. It’s been around as long as encryption and has played a vital role in secret communications since the time of the ancient Greek and Chinese empires.

This presentation will explore:

What is steganography?
Why you would want to use steganography over encryption.
The history of steganography
The Greeks
The Chinese
Steganography goes to war
Techniques used in modern steganography
Examples of steganography
Programs that use steganography
Detecting steganography