🕶️ CovertX

Advanced Text Steganography & Hidden Payload Forensics Engine

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Overview

CovertX is an offline text steganography and forensic analysis tool designed to embed, detect, and extract hidden payloads inside seemingly normal text.

It focuses on Unicode-based covert channels that are commonly overlooked by users, platforms, and basic scanners.

Built for:

• Cybersecurity students
• Digital forensics learners
• Red/Blue team experimentation
• Unicode & text-based steganography research

No network access.
No telemetry.
Fully local execution.

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Features

Stealth Injection

• Embed hidden messages into visible text using:
  • Unicode Tag Encoding
  • Zero-Width (Ghost Protocol) Encoding
• Cover text remains visually unchanged
• Clipboard-safe artifact generation
• Payload size tracking and logging

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Forensic Detection

• Paste text or load UTF-8 files for inspection
• Automatic detection of:
  • Unicode Tag–based payloads
  • Zero-width character payloads
• Extracts:
  • Hidden message
  • Encoding method
  • Character count
• Matrix-style hex inspector for low-level analysis
• Clean vs infected stream classification

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How It Works

Injection Phase

• User provides:
  • Visible cover text
  • Hidden payload
• Payload is encoded using:
  • Private Unicode tag blocks or
  • Zero-width binary mapping
• Resulting text appears normal but carries hidden data

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Forensic Phase

• Input text is scanned character-by-character
• Unicode ranges and zero-width characters are analyzed
• If detected:
  • Payload is reconstructed
  • Method and size are reported
• If clean:
  • Text is marked as non-steganographic

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Installation & Download

Option 1: Windows Executable (Recommended for Most Users)

1. Go to the Releases section of this repository
2. Download the latest CovertX.exe
3. Place it in a trusted folder
4. Run directly — no setup required

No Python installation needed.

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Option 2: Run from Source (For Developers)

git clone https://github.com/BGx-11/CovertX.git
cd CovertX
pip install customtkinter pillow
python covertx.py

Recommended if you want to:

• Modify the code
• Study the steganography logic
• Extend forensic capabilities

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Project Structure

CovertX/
├── covertx.py
├── logo.png
├── logo.ico
└── README.md

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Disclaimer

CovertX is intended strictly for educational and research purposes.

• Do not use this tool to conceal malicious data
• Do not bypass moderation, surveillance, or security systems
• Do not deploy without explicit authorization

The developer is not responsible for misuse or legal consequences.

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License

Licensed under the MIT License.

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Developed by BGx-11 (Devansh Agarwal)
Cybersecurity Enthusiast & Developer

“If you can’t see it, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.”