Steganography

Disguising Secret Messages, In A Game Of Spy Vs Spy

11 May 2012

Last May, German investigators found secret files embedded in a pornographic video on memory cards being carried by a suspected al Qaeda operative. Peter Wayner describes the history and technology of the technique for hiding information, known as steganography.

Week in tech: Microsoft's Linux supernodes, Ubuntu's best apps, and more

5 May 2012

Skype replaces P2P supernodes with Linux boxes hosted by Microsoft (updated) : Microsoft has overhauled the structure of Skype, replacing peer-to-peer supernodes made up of ordinary users with about 10,000 Linux boxes that have been hardened to withstand hack attacks, a security researcher says. Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04 : Ubuntu 12.04 landed last week ...

Al Qaeda suspect's porn film found to contain treasure trove of secret documents

4 May 2012

A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder with pornographic videos inside it, but suspicious computer forensic experts thought there must be more. After weeks of analysis, they determined that one of the pornographic videos ...