Indian scientists' new program lets you hide data in an executable file

Computer scientists Rajesh Kumar Tiwari of the GLNA Institute of Technology, in Mathura and G. Sahoo of the Birla Institute of Technology, in Mesra, Ranchi, have developed an algorithm for embedding hidden data in an executable file. The detail of the discovery is published in the International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions

The algorithm has been built into a program with graphical user interface that would take a conventional exe file and the data to be hidden as input and merge the two producing a viable exe file with a hidden payload.

The technology could be used on smart phones, tablet PCs, portable media players and any other information device on which a user might wish to hide data.