Data hiding techniques in Windows OS : a practical approach to investigation and defense

Data hiding techniques in Windows OS a practical approach to investigation and defense

"This unique book delves down into the capabilities of hiding and obscuring data object within the Windows Operating System. However, one of the most noticeable and credible features of this publication is, it takes the reader from the very basics and background of data hiding techniques, and r...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hassan, Nihad Ahmad, author (author), Hijazi, Rami, author, Salminen, Helvi, author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Syngress 2017.
Edition:1st edition
Subjects:
Data protection.
Computer security.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630309706719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Data Hiding Techniques in Windows OS
  • Data Hiding Techniques in Windows OS: A Practical Approach to Investigation and Defense
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Biography
  • Preface
  • ABOUT THIS BOOK
  • TARGET AUDIENCE
  • SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
  • COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 - Introduction and Historical Background
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CLASSICAL CIPHER TYPES
  • Substitution Cipher
  • Monoalphabetic Ciphers
  • Caesar Shift
  • Atbash Cipher
  • Keyword Cipher
  • Polyalphabetic Ciphers
  • Vigenère Cipher
  • AutoKey Cipher
  • Polygraphic Ciphers
  • Playfair Cipher
  • Mechanical Substitution Ciphers
  • The Enigma Machine
  • Transposition Cipher
  • Rail Fence
  • Columnar Transposition
  • Double Transposition
  • Other Ciphers and Codes
  • The One-Time Pad
  • Morse Code
  • Book Cipher
  • Difference Between Substitution and Transposition Cipher
  • Practicing Old Ciphers Using Modern Computing
  • MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHY SYSTEMS
  • Secret Key Cryptography
  • Public Key Cryptography
  • Digital Signature
  • Cryptographic Hash Function
  • STEGANOGRAPHY
  • What Is Steganography?
  • Comparing Steganography and Cryptography
  • Steganography Types
  • Technical Steganography
  • Invisible Ink
  • Microdots
  • Linguistic Steganography
  • Semagrams
  • Open Codes
  • Use a set of rules to hide a secret message in an open carrier, like reading the second letter of every word. A famous example o...
  • Grille cipher was invented by Gerolamo Cardano. Grilles are a kind of transposition cipher that can also include aspects of steg...
  • Digital Steganography
  • Steganography Protocols Types
  • Steganography Types According to Host File Type
  • Digital Steganography Techniques
  • WATERMARKING
  • Watermarking Types
  • Visible Watermark
  • Invisible Watermark
  • Compare Steganography and Watermarking
  • ANONYMITY
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES.
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • 2 - Data Hiding Using Simple Methods
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BIT-SHIFTING DATA HIDING
  • HIDING DATA INSIDE RICH TEXT FORMAT DOCUMENTS
  • RENAMING FILES
  • Matching File Signatures and File Extensions
  • HIDING DATA IN COMPRESSED FILES
  • HIDING DATA THROUGH FILE SPLITTING
  • HIDING DATA IN MICROSOFT® OFFICE DOCUMENTS
  • Hidden Text
  • Hidden Data Within Document Attributes (Metadata)
  • White Font
  • Hiding Data by Exploiting OLE Structured Storage
  • Self-Encrypt MS Office® Document
  • Hiding Inside MS Excel® Spreadsheet
  • DATA HIDING INSIDE IMAGE ATTRIBUTES (IMAGE METADATA)
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • 3 - Data Hiding Using Steganographic Techniques
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TEXT STEGANOGRAPHY
  • Format-Based Steganography
  • Line-Shift Coding
  • Word-Shift Coding
  • Character Coding
  • White Space Manipulation
  • Hiding Text Within Text
  • Random and Statistical Generation
  • Data Hiding Inside Spam Messages
  • Linguistic-Based Methods
  • Synonyms
  • Acronym
  • Change of Spelling
  • Hiding Inside MS Office® Documents Based on OOXML File Format
  • Understanding Package Relationships
  • Data Hiding Inside OOXML Document Structure
  • Important Notes Regarding This Method
  • Data Hiding in the Zipped Container Comments Field
  • Data Hiding by Reducing Image and Chart Dimensions
  • Data Hiding Through Image Cropping
  • Data Hiding Using OOXML Replacement Images Feature
  • Data Hiding Using XML Comments
  • Data Hiding Using OOXML Markup Compatibility and Extensibility Feature
  • What Is Markup Compatibility and Extensibility?
  • Additional Methods for Data Hiding by Exploiting Other OOXML Features
  • Webpage Text Steganography
  • Hiding Data Using HTML5 Tags
  • Hiding Data in HTML/XML Files Using Tag Attributes
  • Hiding Data in HTML Files by Modifying Attribute Written State.
  • Hiding Data in HTML by Exploiting Whitespaces Using the SNOW Program
  • Hiding Secret Messages Inside Twitter Updates
  • IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY
  • Digital Image Basic Concepts
  • What Is a Pixel?
  • What Is Bit Depth?
  • Monitor Resolution
  • Graphic File Types
  • Bitmap and Raster Graphics
  • Vector Graphics
  • Metafile Graphics
  • Image Compression Types
  • Lossy
  • Lossless
  • Graphics Files Format
  • JPEG
  • TIFF
  • GIF
  • PNG
  • Raw Image Files
  • BMP
  • Features Comparison
  • Image Steganographic Techniques
  • Image Domain
  • Least Significant Bit Substitution Using Bitmap Image
  • Least Significant Bit Using Palette-Based Images
  • Transform Domain
  • JPEG Compression
  • JPEG Steganography
  • Hiding After the End-of-File Marker
  • Hiding Zip Files Inside an Image
  • Hiding Inside Image Metadata
  • Digital Media Steganography Tools
  • DATA HIDING INSIDE AUDIO FILES
  • Audio Files Basic Concepts
  • Analog Signal
  • Digital Signal
  • How Digital Sampling Works
  • Audio File Format Types
  • Uncompressed Format
  • Lossless Compressed Format
  • Lossy Compressed Format
  • Common Audio File Types
  • WAV/AIFF
  • FLAC, ALAC, APE
  • MP3/WMA
  • Audio Steganography Types
  • Least Significant Bit Encoding Encoding
  • Parity Coding
  • Phase Coding
  • Spread Spectrum
  • Echo Hiding
  • Data Hiding Inside Video Files
  • Characteristics of Video Files
  • Some Terms Associated With Video Files
  • DATA HIDING USING OTHER DIGITAL MEDIA TYPES
  • Data Hiding Inside PDF Documents
  • PDF Structure
  • Change Formatting
  • Embedding Objects Inside a PDF File
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Data Hiding Inside Program Binaries
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • 4 - Data Hiding Under Windows® OS File Structure
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DATA HIDING USING ALTERNATE DATA STREAM
  • What Is the New Technology File System?
  • What Is an Alternate Data Stream?.
  • How Can We Use Alternate Data Streams to Hide Files?
  • Hiding Executable Code in Alternate Data Stream Files
  • Important Notes About Using Alternate Data Stream in Hiding Files
  • How to Delete Alternate Data Stream Files
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Detecting Alternate Data Stream Files
  • LADS
  • Streams.exe From SysInternals
  • DATA HIDING USING STEALTH ALTERNATE DATA STREAM
  • HIDING DATA INSIDE WINDOWS® RESTORATION POINTS
  • HIDING DATA INSIDE WINDOWS® REGISTRY
  • HIDING IN A FILE'S SLACK SPACE
  • Understanding Hard Disk Drives
  • File Allocation Table
  • Restoring the Hidden File
  • How Much Data Can I Hide in a File Slack Space?
  • HIDDEN PARTITIONS
  • Hidden Partitions Under Windows® OS
  • Creating a Hidden Partition Within a USB Zip Drive
  • Uncovering Hidden Partitions
  • DATA HIDING WITHIN MASTER FILE TABLE
  • DATA HIDING IN DISK BAD BLOCKS
  • DATA HIDING UNDER COMPUTER HARDWARE LEVEL
  • Data Hiding Inside Host Protected Area
  • How Does Host Protected Area Work? [26]
  • Hiding Data in Device Configuration Overlay
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • 5 - Data Hiding Using Encryption Techniques
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SECURITY AWARENESS CORNERS
  • Human Security
  • Device Security
  • Message Security
  • Network Security
  • ANONYMOUS OPERATING SYSTEM
  • Tails
  • What Is the TOR Network?
  • Ubuntu Privacy Remix
  • Other Security Distributions
  • Advice When Using Security Operating Systems
  • Portable Stick Computer
  • DISK ENCRYPTION
  • Encrypting Partitions Using BitLocker
  • Data Drive Disk Encryption
  • Windows Partition Encryption
  • Creating Encrypted Vaults
  • Create a Simple Encrypted Volume Using VeraCrypt
  • How Do We Open a Normal VeraCrypt Volume?
  • Install Virtual Machine OS Within a Hidden VeraCrypt Container
  • Create the Hidden Volume
  • Create a Portable Version of VirtualBox
  • Install Tails Inside Hidden VeraCrypt Volume.
  • Practical Notes When Using Hidden Volume
  • Single File Encryption
  • AES Crypt
  • File Archive Encryption Using PeaZip
  • Cloud Storage Encryption
  • Using CryptSync for Cloud Storage Encryption
  • Discussion of Security Level in Disk Encryption
  • Attacking Full Disk Encryption
  • Countermeasures Against Full Disk Encryption Attacks
  • ANONYMIZE YOUR LOCATION ONLINE
  • Using the TOR Browser
  • TOR Browser
  • What Is Dark Web?
  • Warnings When Using the TOR Network
  • Virtual Private Networks
  • SSH Tunneling
  • Using Proxy Server
  • Web Proxy Types
  • Security Risks Associated With Proxy Servers
  • Anonymous Search Engine
  • StartPage
  • DUCKDUCKGO
  • DISCONNECT SEARCH
  • Web Browser Privacy Add-Ons
  • Check Browser Fingerprint
  • BrowserLeaks.com (https://www.browserleaks.com)
  • Panopticlick (https://panopticlick.eff.org)
  • Mozilla Firefox Privacy Add-Ons
  • HTTPS Everywhere
  • Disconnect
  • Privacy Badger
  • Self-Destructing Cookies
  • uBlock Origin
  • Random Agent Spoofer
  • Secure Anonymous File Sharing
  • OnionShare
  • ENCRYPTING EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
  • Email Encryption Using Gpg4Win
  • Public and Private Key Concept in Encryption
  • What Is a Digital Signature Concept?
  • Create PGP Keypair Certificate
  • Prerequisites to Send and Receive Encrypted Emails Using Gpg4win
  • Encrypting Emails in MS Outlook® Using the GpG4win Component (GpgOL)
  • How to Decrypt an Encrypted Message Sent to You
  • Making Sure You Are Talking With the Correct Person
  • Open PGP Encryption for Webmail Using the Mailvelope Browser Extension
  • Secure Web Mail Providers
  • ProtonMail
  • GhostMail
  • ENCRYPT INSTANT MESSAGING, VIDEO CALLS, AND VOIP SESSIONS
  • What Are the Risks?
  • Off-the-Record-Messaging and Pidgin
  • Generating Our Private Key
  • Practice Using OTR by Initiating a Secure Chat Session
  • Authenticate the Identity of Your Contacts.
  • A Secure Video Calling Service Using Gruveo.

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