Steganography articles

Meet Worok, the cyber espionage group hiding malware within PNG image files

In a nutshell: Security researchers have discovered a new malware threat designed to abuse steganography techniques. Worok appears to be a complex cyber-espionage operation whose individual stages are still in part a mystery. The operation's final target, however, has been confirmed by two security firms.

Backdoor.Stegmap, malware hiding in a plain Microsoft Windows logo

The big picture: Backdoor.Stegmap is a potent backdoor hidden within a simple Windows logo image file through steganography-based encryption. Chinese cyber-criminals are working hard with new and old techniques to permanently compromise high-level government and diplomatic targets.

Hackers use Twitter memes to deliver malware commands

Someone just tweeted the entire works of Shakespeare with one tweet