Evidence of Steganography in Real Criminal Cases
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ancientribe writes "Researchers at Purdue University have found proof that criminals indeed are using steganography, the stealth technique of hiding text or images within image files. Experts say that the wide availability of free point-and-click free steganography tools is making the method of hiding illicit images and text easier to use. But security experts such as Bruce Schneier long have dismissed steganography as too complex and conspicuous for the bad guys to bother using, especially for inside corporate espionage: "It doesn't make sense that someone selling out the company can't just leave with a USB," Schneier says. "The one scenario would be an insider who is strip-searched every single time he leaves his office... These are the [far-fetched] types of scenarios you have to invent to make it work." Purdue's research so far shows that convicted criminals in child pornography and finanical fraud used steganography to conceal images and data.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=136702&WT.svl=news1_1"
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=136702&WT.svl=news1_1"
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Evidence of Steganography in Real Criminal Cases