Using Edge Pixels Steganography to Hide More Data
Is steganography still a thing? I used to think it was just an academic flex, but this guy said 5 years ago it’s used by malware, and he got upvoted, so it must be true 😏. If you’ve ever hidden data inside an image (couldn’t you find anything more exciting to do with your time?), you know the usual drill: find the edges, hide your stuff there, and hope it’s secure. The problem? Traditional methods don’t let you embed as much data as you’d want, especially with big datasets. Enter prediction error space (PES), a new approach that finds more edges and hides more data. This could boost malware payloads—so maybe that guy was onto something. ...