Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH – 312-50 – Question355

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?


A. Steganography
B. Public-key cryptography
C. RSA algorithm
D. Encryption

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video.

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography