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CPEH-001 · Question #241

Ricardo wants to send secret messages to a competitor company. To secure these messages, he uses a technique of hiding a secret message within an ordinary message. The technique provides `security…

The correct answer is B. Steganography. Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography

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Question

Ricardo wants to send secret messages to a competitor company. To secure these messages, he uses a technique of hiding a secret message within an ordinary message. The technique provides `security through obscurity'. What technique is Ricardo using?

Options

  • AEncryption
  • BSteganography
  • CRSA algorithm
  • DPublic-key cryptography

How the community answered

(60 responses)
  • A
    5% (3)
  • B
    73% (44)
  • C
    13% (8)
  • D
    8% (5)

Explanation

Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography

Topics

#steganography#security through obscurity#covert communication#information hiding

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