---
name: "xsteg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xsteg"
version: "0.6-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xsteg"
---

# xsteg(1)

graphical frontend to stegdetect and stegbreak

## NAME

**xsteg** – graphical frontend to stegdetect and stegbreak

## SYNOPSIS

**xsteg**

## DESCRIPTION

The **xsteg** utility execute on the chosen file stegdetect with the option specified in the main window ; if stegdetect find some type of steganography into the given file, then stegbreak is executed against the file,  to try to discover the key through a dictionary attack.

The **xsteg** utility indicates the accuracy of the detection with a number of stars behind the detected system.

## ERRORS

**xsteg** works only for JPEG images.

## SEE ALSO

[stegbreak(1)](/stegbreak/1.md) [stegdetect(1)](/stegdetect/1.md)

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This product includes software developed by Ian F. Darwin and others. The **xsteg** utility uses Darwin's file magic to identify data appended at the end of an image.

## AUTHORS

The **xsteg** utility has been developed by Niels Provos.