How terrorists hide messages online

Scripps Howard News Service ^ | 10/4/01 | Scripps Howard News Service

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The huge bandwidth of the internet makes the sending of covert messages very easy. I'm not surprised to learn that we think the bad guys are hiding the messages in pictures. I would think it would be very difficult to detect a little text encoded in a seemingly purely graphic file.

[Texaggie79]

The monkey flies at noon! shhhhhh

[poweqi]

One night I was messing around on the 'puter and being new and learning by trial and error I brought up a coded web site. At first I was confused because I thought it was Chinese but at closer examination I realized it was not chinese or anything else. It was a lot of symbols and characters that I would'nt think a key board could make.it scared me and I got out of there as quick as I could. Now I wish I had looked at the web addy. But I was too nervous.!!

[fone]

Ah hah! That's why some peoples sisters get moose bites =)

[Texaggie79]

Was is similar to this or was it even funkier? Them Arabian sites have some weird looking writing. Did you delete your history?

[Texaggie79]

Or was more like this? These are cool eh?

[cyberaxe]

.....cute wingdingy thingies.....

.....but the "code" that is not shown by the browser.....

.....is where the really kewl stuff is.....

[SSN558]

No, it is true. This stuff has been available on hacker bulletin boards since at least 1992 that I am aware of.

There was a bulletin board that was distributing soft porn avi files that had all kinds of text comments embedded in the files. The one I remember seeing was an avi of Jamie Lee Curtis removing a blouse. Opening this file with a text editor revealed instructions for hacking into TRW credit reports along with a bunch of jokes and show off scarism. They also had instructions for other bulletin boards to goto for obtaining the embedding software. It was pretty low tech stuff and judging from the maturity level of the writing, I would judge that the board was set up and being run by adolesents. I seem to remember reading that the board was busted by the FBI for one thing or another, it was located in Live Oak, CA, just North of Yuba City.

[Jhoffa_]

Them Arabian sites have some weird looking writing.

No kidding, makes you wonder why they even need encryption..

[Texaggie79]

like this:

[VA Advogado]

Soon we'll all be wearing bar codes on our foreheads like a can of green beans in a supermarket.

[adx]

Hmm, sorta like Stegano for the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)?

[Texaggie79]

Oh I know. A real easy way is to get a hex editor and just embed it in any software.

[Pistacio]

M-O-O-N spells MOON

[Texaggie79]

The Stand

[KingNo155]

"Was is similar to this or was it even funkier? Them Arabian sites have some weird looking writing. Did you delete your history?"

[rockfish59]

klinton i$ an @$$whole! (spread the word)

[Ron in Acreage]

Has anyone typed Q33 NY in MS word or works? Type it in and then change the font size to 48 and the font style to Wingdings. It shows a plane flying into 2 towers and a skull and bones next to the star of David. How did this get there?