StegoStick

Throughout the years, different important documents have been kept away from general population, and even you might not want everybody to look into your personal stuff. A password may be easy to bypass, so if you want to protect some personal files, then StegoStick can help you integrate them in any other dummy file.

You’re free to run the application from the moment download is done, because there’s no need to go through a setup process for it to work. As such, you can carry it around on a USB flash drive, without having to worry about affecting the target PC, because registries remain intact. What you do need to look after, is whether or not Java Runtime Environment is installed.

What makes it stand out from the crowd is the possibility to hide text or files in any other type of files. Steganography, to what the name gets you thinking, is usually based around pictures, but the application is more than meets the eye. However, you need to remember the details, as well as keep the cover file intact to be able to ever extract content again.

More flexibility is provided by the variety of encryption techniques, which is the first step you take towards hiding files. You get to choose from DES, Triple DES, RSA, and default, whereas for RSA you need to generate a security key. This is also the first step for the reverse process, so if you don’t remember the encryption technique, content can’t be grabbed.

Selecting content can either be done by switching to the message tab to write down target text, or using the browse dialog to select any kind of file. The other requirement is a cover file, which is the resource used to keep the target hidden. Text, multimedia, and images remain intact and can be normally used, even if used as cover.

Last but not least, destination also needs to be specified, as well as a password, which also needs to be remembered. Unhiding target content needs to be done from the application’s main window, and is almost similar to the hiding process. Time it takes to hide and reveal depends on the source file size.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that StegoStick is a practical security solution which can be used to keep important files save on your personal computer. Any kind of file can be used for source and cover, representing a major advantage, while the process itself is easy to use even by inexperienced individuals.