COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY

SECURITY MEASURES AND TECHNIQUES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ means hidden writing, the practice of using to conceal text.
A
Antivirus
B
Data Backup
C
Anti Spyware
D
Cryptography
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Steganography is the technique of hiding secret data within an ordinary, non-secret, file or message in order to avoid detection; the secret data is then extracted at its destination. The use of steganography can be combined with encryption as an extra step for hiding or protecting data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Steganography is the practice of concealing information within another message or physical object to avoid detection. Steganography can be used to hide virtually any type of digital content, including text, image, video, or audio content.

Detailed explanation-3: -Steganography is the practice of hiding a secret message in something that is not secret. But cyber attackers use steganography to do more than share messages.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main approach in cryptography is hiding the contents of information or message, thereby making the message secret, while the main approach in steganography is to hide presence of a message, thereby making the communication secret [9].

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The Least Significant Bit technique( LSB) is most commonly used by steganography to hide text in an image file. In this method, the data is concealed by altering the last few bits in a byte required to encode a message.

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