The infinite race between steganography and steganalysis in images

•Over 150 significant works in Steganography and Steganalysis surveyed.•Taxonomies, gaps in the domains and key features of each paper were highlighted.•Many studies in Steganography and Steganalysis utilize only a single dataset.•Many Steganalysis methods seem to target only specific steganography schemes.•Coverless and GAN-based steganography are not adequately countered.