> I'm not sure why this is specific to malware. Isn't this just steganography? You could equally hide malware in a compressed image. Correct. Paper. 3rd parag

> I'm not sure why this is specific to malware. Isn't this just steganography? You could equally hide malware in a compressed image. Correct. Paper. 3rd paragraph, page 1: “For delivering large-sized malware, some attackers attach the malware to benign-look carriers, like images, documents, compressed files, etc. [5] The malware is attached to the back of the carrier while keeping the carrier’s structure not damaged. Although they are often invisible to ordinary users, it is easy to detect them by antivirus engines. Another way to hide messages is steganography.”