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\ Stego Crypto Praxis /
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̶̟͔̫̫̥̣̣̩͚̮ͪ͐̇ͯ̀̿ͥ͂̓̐̒̋͐̇̾̈͂̓͘͝ͅe̵͂ͨ̅̔̈́ͩ͆ͭ͌̒̇ͧ̃̏͠͏͞͏̪̲͈͎̖͎͔̟̹
̷̴͇̤̙̩̯̬͚͕͍̲͎̪̺̙͚̃̓̓ͮͯ͒̉͝c̺̠̻̗͇̜̟̖̟̩̮̪̻̩̟͎̺ͥ̉ͣ̈́̈́͆͋͋ͯ̃̈ͦ̏̋ͧ̐̚̕͝
̴̡̢̩̰͖̞͉͈͉̬̙̥͈̬̿̈̈́ͨͣ̃ͮͩͯ̍̏͒̚͘͢t̵͒̿ͯ͌ͫ͞͠͏͚̪̬̰͔̦̹̖̟̺̘̀
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̸̷̲̻̲̳̠͉͉͈̦̭̺͈̪ͨ̔ͭ̔ͯ̈͆̚͜ȉ̭̣̱̹̜ͬ̌̏̽̓̈̿͂̂̏ͦͥ͌͋͂͑͟͠
̧̥̦͍̪̘͙̰̫̣̫̱̞̹̖̓̂̔̄ͯ̓̌̑ͯ̍ͬ͛ͮ̊ͣ͆͒̆̕͜ͅc̢̺͚̦͕̲͍̭͓̹̪̥̎̒̌ͬ̈ͥ̽ͥͤ͐ͫ̌͐̔͛̋͟
̛͍̯̟̻̬̲̤̫̺̞͉̜̺̹̘̏̈̂́̽ͨ̂̏ͥ͋͑͊ͪͮͮ̒ͧ̚̕̕͝ų̶̶̧͖͍̺̬̞̼̬͗ͬ̃̅̀ͩ̏͐͆ͦͯ͛̓̉̋̋̽
ͩ̏͆̅̄̆̓ͨͪ҉͉̜͇̺͈s̴̯̪̫͔̦̼͓̼͇̻̥̤̖̤͇ͯ̌ͫ̈́̋͐́͊͊͆̂́ͮ͛̾̅ͩͅ
̨̤̙͖̖̙͙͙̝̯͎̀ͣ̅̊ͫ̏́ͧ̈̅̀̉̈́̋̔̂͒̚̚͝ ̢͔̖̺̱͓̝̰̩̎ͦͧͭ͊́͊ͩ͌͂ͫ̽͞
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͇̥̝̮͑ͬ̔̍̓̓͠͠ͅc̏̃̓҉̷̖̱͈̩͙͎͔̠̹̞̱͙̻̣̗̫̝͎͞
̢ͪ̅̉̊̃͗ͩ̂͒̀҉͓͓̩͍̙͇̖̦̭̺̺̫̮̬̭͇̪ͅi̸̧̲̞̱̠͉͚̬̞͒́ͪ̿
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̴̢̳̹͖̘͚̘͌͆̇̓̈ͫ̚l̰̠̯̺͇̠̈́̂͂̑́͊͑̆͊ͦ̃̑ͯͮ̀ͅ
̛͇̬̬̘̥͓͚́ͥ̈́ͬ͟͝ỉ̶̧̛̱͇͈̠͎͎̪̣̗̍̇ͩͨ̈́̈͐̌͝ͅ
̷̮̜̮͖͖̝̠̣̼̟̭̳̙̳̯͎͗̊̀́̂̍͆ͬ̋̉ͤ͌̈́̏͘s̷̢̢̠̬̳͔̜̠͍͕̟͙͓ͥ͂̎̋ͫ̏ͤ̋ͯ̈ͥ͂̒ͮ̍̊̄̌͒͠
ARCHVIE OF STEGANOGRAPHIC CONTENT
Skullcode was an obscure website with very little public documentation on it. There
have been a few people who have tried to crack it but I have no idea if the full
thing has been solved yet.
The Polish Plague Doctor stego disc that circulated around some tech circles.
This is a particularly interesting excersize in steganography because of how many
pieces of data are hidden in a single file, the pieces of which are still being
figured out. Not to mention, it is strongly themed around the black plauge; spooky.
Cicada 3301 is a great steganographic oddity, and for good reason. Here are the
links to their twitter, subreddit(s), and an interesting theory about them.
Tengri137 is interesting. They used perfect number cubes as part of their puzzles
and they also released info they claimed would advance human society. It didn't.
The Voynich Manuscript was a linguistic oddity (full text & transcription). There
have been notable advances that show the text was written in ancient Turkic. It is
still one of the most famous cases of obscured texts.
The Copiale Cipher was a manuscript from the 1700's for an ocult order and was
completely enciphered. It's a good example of an obfuscated historical text; a full
transcription of which can be found here.
The Library of Babel can be used to send messages, as technically everything is
already written in it. There is also a similar function for images called Babelia
in which all images in the 640x416 dimension range theoretically already exist.
Stego tools using similar functions are incredibly underutilized.
STEGANOGRAPHY & CIPHER TOOLS
NAME | Text | Image | Audio | Video | Analysis | In-browser
─────────────────┼──────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────
Ste.gg | | ● | ● | tba | ● | ●
OpenPuff 4.00 | | ● | ● | ● | |
SilentEye | | ● | ● | | |
f5stego.js | | ● | | | | ●
SCIpher | ● | | | | | ●
SCIgen | ● | | | | | ●
Unicode steg | ● | | | | | ●
Invis Chars | — | | | | ● | ●
Sonic Visualizer | | | — | | ● |
Spec | | | — | | ● |
ExifTool (GUI) | | — | — | — | ● |
EXIF reader | | — | | | ● | ●
─────────────────┼──────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼──────────┼───────────
CyberChef |cipher| | | | ● | ●
P4RS3LT0NGV3 |cipher| | | | | ●
CipherEditor |cipher| | | | | ●
Xenotation |cipher| | | | | ●
Dcode | — | | | | ● | ●
Lifehash | cipher | | | | ●
Identicons | cipher | | | | ●
FLMask | | cipher| | | | ●
G-Mask | | cipher| | | | ●
MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES
Stegasaurus Wrecks stegs images with data that interferes with AI training.
The OEIS and Nonograms are good for steganography using math, including audio.
PubChem and avogadr.io can be used for chemical steganography.
Moxtak made this short steganography challenge for us.
CrypTool is great for learning and using cryptographic techniques.
What databending is and how to do it; photomosh for image/video manipulation.
MysteryTwisterC3 hosts many of these kinds of challenges including still-unsolved
historical challanges, some of which have significant prize money attached to them.
There are similarly-styled puzzles hosted on /r/bitcoinpuzzles which have prize
money associated with them as well.
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