📂Briefing

Forensics and Steganography

What's in an image?

What's in images that remains unseen at a glance?

Metadata is information stored in nearly any image on the internet that provides information such as the camera, date, and GPS location.

What Is Metadata?Ontotext

What if you tried guessing the location of someone from just a picture? How hard would it be?

https://www.geoguessr.com/tripswww.geoguessr.com

🖼️Case 1: What's in an Image?

Can I hide secret messages in pictures?

Is it possible to hide a message in an image file?

Steganography is the science of hiding information in images. The simplest way is to hide information by appending it onto the end of an image file.

What is Steganography? A Complete Guide with Types & ExamplesSimplilearn.com

🤫Case 2: Secret, Secret, On the Wall

Can I hide files in pictures?

Is it possible to hide files in files?

Yes! Another common process in steganography is appending a file onto an image to hide it from unsuspecting eyes.

What is Steganography? A Complete Guide with Types & ExamplesSimplilearn.com

🗃️Case 3: Files in Files

Bonus Activity

https://www.canva.com/design/DAE5Bblds8g/fcU5a4C-Xzeq3FCn83SysA/viewwww.canva.com

What's hidden in this picture?

Hint:

Use CyberChef for this activity, and use these tools:

• Extract EXIF

• Extract Files

Cyber Forensics Game

https://games.legendsoflearning.com/game/cybrary-quest/2616?media=game&partner=legends-publicgames.legendsoflearning.com