Steghide Steganography: Securely Hide and Extract Text and Files in Images and Audio

Learn how to use Steghide for steganography, hide text and files inside images and audio, then extract them safely. Full Windows setup, commands, and transfer tips included. In this hands-on tutorial I show you how to use Steghide to embed text files and other data inside images and audio, and then extract them securely. You’ll see setup on Windows, adding Steghide to PATH, running commands, using passphrases, and avoiding transfer issues that can destroy hidden data.

🎞️ TIMESTAMPS 🎬
0:00 Intro: What is Steghide and steganography
0:37 Preparing example files (image, audio, text)
1:21 Downloading and installing Steghide on Windows
2:31 Testing installation in CMD or PowerShell
3:17 Hiding a text file inside an image
4:02 Checking and extracting hidden files
5:12 Hiding data inside an audio file
5:50 Important notes on file transfer
6:10 Conclusion and outro

📚 Steghide Website:
https://steghide.sourceforge.net/

📋 Commands:
https://gist.github.com/saeedkohansal/a2beb6b73ec0e84cdf5d3ac513e1adea

📖 Official Documentation:
https://steghide.sourceforge.net/documentation/manual.pdf

▶️ What you will learn:
🔴 Hide files inside images & audio
🟢 Install & setup Steghide on Windows
🔵 Key commands: embed, extract, info
🟡 Full walkthrough: hide & recover files
🟣 Supported formats & sharing warnings

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