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@article{194584,
        author = {Sai Siddhartha Adepu and Varshitha Reddy Annapureddy and Bhargavi Alishala and Bhavya Bandi},
        title = {Steganography: A Data Hiding Technique},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {5542-5545},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=194584},
        abstract = {Steganography is the practice of hiding information in such a way that the existence of the hidden message is concealed. It provides a stronger method of securing communication compared to cryptography, which only hides the content of a message but not the fact that a message exists. In this paper, we discuss how digital images can be used as carrier files to hide secret messages. By combining a secret image with a carrier image, a hidden image is produced, making the concealed information difficult to detect without proper extraction methods. This paper also explores fundamental steganographic concepts, its history, commonly used techniques, steganalysis, and applications such as digital watermarking.},
        keywords = {Steganography, Cryptography, Data Hiding, Digital Watermarking, Steganalysis, LSB, Covert Communication, Image Processing.},
        month = {March},
        }