New and Unconventional Techniques in Pictorial Steganography and Steganalysis

Steganography involves transferring data through a given channel in such a way that the communication channel itself is hidden from all involved parties. It is a form of security through obscurity; this technique protects both messages and stations involved in communication. In the most modern form of digital steganography, electronic communication may include complex steganographic lines of code inside transport layer which accomplishes the aforementioned task of protecting data and anonymity of participating stations. Steganography is much confused with the term cryptography former is fundamentally different in the sense that the message is sent secretly without attracting any attention of third party intruders by protecting anonymity of involved channels, nodes and stations.