ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,972, issued on May 6.

"Image steganography detection" was invented by Manbinder Pal Singh (Coral Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an illustrative methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes, by a computing device, determining that an application process includes use of a first image and a second image, one of the first and second images being generated as part of the application process, and detecting a difference in content of the first image or the second image based on a comparison of the first and second images. The method also includes, by the computing device, revoking access to a file ...