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Steganography in the News > 2010
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06/29/2010:
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Busted Alleged Russian Spies Used Steganography To Conceal Communications
- Dark Reading
"In a case that smacks of a Cold War spy novel, the FBI has arrested 11 suspected
Russian spies who for years had blended into day-to-day American life in the suburbs
and cities. Aside from hiding their true identities and posing as legitimate American
citizens, the suspects also masked their communications with their intelligence
agency back home in Moscow, using an oft-forgotten form of stealth communication
-- steganography."
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03/11/2010:
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Al Qaida:
Hiding in Plain Sight - Federal News Radio 1500 AM
"With the almost daily killing and capture of key personnel in Pakistan, Al Qaida
is being forced to communicate in a completely different way. "Electronic dead-drops,"
says Army Reserve Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer,
are what Al Qaida is relying on since couriers and so many foot soldiers are being
rolled up. So how are these dead drops happening? "Steganography in photographs
is a good example of a dead drop," according to Shaffer."
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02/08/2010:
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Vice Over IP: The VoIP Steganography Threat - IEEE Spectrum
"Steganography use is on the rise, and not just among criminals, hackers, child
pornographers, and terrorists. Persecuted citizens and dissidents under authoritarian
regimes use it to evade government censorship, and journalists can use it to conceal
sources. Investigators even use it on occasion to bait and trap people involved
in industrial espionage. Steganography is evolving alongside technology. Now steganography
has entered a new era, with stupendously greater potential for mischief. With the
latest techniques, the limitations on the length of the message have basically been
removed."
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