Backbone Security announces the release of the latest version of their Steganography Application Fingerprint Database (SAFDB) which now contains 1,025 steganography applications.

Developed in Backbone’s Steganography Analysis and Research Center (SARC), SAFDB is a commercially available hash set exclusive to digital steganography applications.

The database is used by U.S. and international government and law enforcement agencies, the intelligence community, and private sector digital forensic examiners and network security professionals to detect digital steganography applications on seized digital media and within inbound and outbound network traffic streams.

Discovery of a steganography application during a digital forensics examination is a strong indication the application has been, or will be, used to conceal evidence of criminal activity. Detecting a steganography application in the inbound network traffic stream is a strong indication an insider will use the application to steal sensitive information.

SAFDB is an integral part of the Steganography Analyzer Artifact Scanner (StegAlyzerAS), a digital forensics application, and the Steganography Analyzer Real-Time Scanner (StegAlyzerRTS), a network security appliance that detects the presence or use of steganography in the inbound and outbound network traffic stream in real-time.

For more information, visit www.sarc-wv.com.