steghide.md

Step 1 Embed:

steghide embed -cf ~/path/to/image.jpg -ef ~/data/to/embed

Enter passphrase:

Re-Enter passphrase:

embedding "~/data/to/embed" in "~/path/to/image.jpg"... done

Step 2 Extract:

steghide extract -sf ~/path/to/image.jpg

Enter passphrase:

wrote extracted data to "embed".

Notes

• Extracted data will have the same file name but will output into the home directory
• There is no built in option to change output location
• Steghide does not support PNG

-z, --compress --compress data before embedding (default)

-z <l> --using level (1 best speed...9 best compression)

• The first argument must be one of the following:
  • embed, --embed embed data
  • extract, --extract extract data
  • info, --info display information about a cover- or stego-file
  • info <filename> --display information about <filename>
  • encinfo, --encinfo display a list of supported encryption algorithms
  • version, --version display version information
  • license, --license display steghide's license
  • help, --help display this usage information