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Program Hides Secret Messages in Executables

Posted by timothy on from the ms-reveals-code-to-piglatinland dept.

DmuZ writes "My friend Rakan has created a new steganographic tool named Hydan which can embed messages into an executable without altering its size. He recently presented this tool to the public for the first time at codecon. This new technique was intriguing enough to get coverage on SecurityFocus.com. The code is available here."

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  1. Re:stenography by Bunji+X · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "exactly why did you send Mohammed bin Mohammed a picture of your kitten a day before al-Queda hijacked that airliner?"

    None of your freaking business. Mohammed bin Mohammed is an old friend of mine, he wanted to see a picture of my new kitten.

    Freedom of expression, freedom of speech. No?

    Maybe a professor's testamony of "high probability" is enough to get you in deep shit over there, fortunately we still have something that reminds of citizen rights, this side of the pond.

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