STEGANOGRAPHY AS A MEANS OF ATTACKING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Authors: Anna Romanova, Sergiy Toliupa
Affiliation: Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Faculty of Information Technology, Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Faculty of Information Technology

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Keywords: steganography, TEMPEST, covert channel, information protection
ABSTRACT. An analysis of steganography methods that are can be potentially used as instruments in attacks on information and communication systems is presented. The possible solutions to ensure resilience to such attacks are presented

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