HiddenInPlainSight

A multi-threaded command line interface based program for Image Steganography.
it uses an algorithm that I've developed in which there are 3 steps to encoding an image.

🔎 find closest ascii character in choosen encoding channel, and insert value to encode inside the encoding channel.
📌 Mark inside marking channel.
📑 create a "10 char buffer", and rank each character in pixel column.

Limitations

As we store ascii values inside the encoding channel, there is a need for a variety of color in the image.
Could encode upto:
10 characters per column = cc
Num of Characters = 10 * lines = n
Avg. of words:
$cc * n / 4.7$

Installation

1. Install Open-CV :
   follow instruction at: https://docs.opencv.org/4.x/d7/d9f/tutorial_linux_install.html and run the following command in the CLI:

sudo apt-install libopencv-dev

2. clone to chosen folder and compile the program:

git clone https://github.com/ImTheCurse/HiddenInPlainSight.git
cd HiddenInPlainSight
cmake .
make

Running the Program

1. Place .png file to encode inside images folder.
2. Place text file(or any other file that you can read from) inside textFile folder.

   usage:
   -h              : shows this screen.
   -i <image_path> : relative PNG image path(with name and extension).
   -f <file_path>  : relative file path to encode(with name and extension).
   -m <message>    : command line message to encode.
   -e              : encode image(write after all the flags).
   -d              : decode image(write after all the flags).

encoding image example:

./HIPS -i images/lena.png -f test.txt -e

./HIPS -i images/newroad.png -m "this is amazing!" -e

decoding image example:

./HIPS -i enc_file.png -d

Encoded image and Decoded file will be saved to results directory.

Disclaimer

This program is a proof-of-concept, and should not be intended for transfring important information, and I won't be liable for any damagaes caused by this program.

Copyright

This software is licensed under MIT. Copyright © 2022 Rani Giro