Abstract: “Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity. Steganography can be used to hide a message intended for later retrieval by a specific individual or group. In this case the aim is to prevent the message being detected by any other party. Steganography and encryption are both used to ensure data confidentiality. Steganography hides the existence of secret message and in the best case nobody can see that both parties are communicating in secret. This text steganography tool will help quick, efficient and highly secure text message transfers.”

Keywords: Steganography, Text Steganography, Text Steganography tool, Secure Text Message transfer, Asterisk Algorithm, Asterisk Text Steganography Tool