New approach in steganography by integrating different LSB algorithms and applying randomization concept to enhance security

Anand, J. Vijay; Dharaneetharan, G. D.

doi:10.1145/1947940.1948038

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“…The Rand-Stego could be used with almost every existing steganography algorithm. The problem with hiding data without randomization is that, once the user hands over a stego-image, they may discover the secret data using stego-analysis techniques [1]. Our Rand-Stego technique could be used with any existing steganography algorithm to add a random selection of pixels.…”

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“…images) as a cover media. However, randomly concealing secret data would elevate any steganography algorithm's security level [1]. Therefore, several randomization techniques have been embedded in steganography algorithms for this purpose.…”

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“…There are also LDA [10], Henon map [11], and the Knight Tour [12]. Generally, concealing secret data using the randomization technique will enhance the steganography security [1], even if the attacker recognises the cover media.…”

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Steganography: A Flexible Embedded Randomization Technique

2023

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With the expansion of digital communication networks, a considerable number of randomization techniques have been invented and implemented to enhance the different data transmission algorithms' levels of security. Steganography is among the data transmissions techniques used to hide secret data. Nowadays, several randomization techniques have been used in steganography to elevate the security of transmitted data. Unfortunately, the majority of these techniques lack some simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility, in addition to other limitations. This research presents a new randomization technique called Rand-Stego. Rand-Stego could be applied/practiced over any steganography technique. It provides simplicity and efficiency and elevates the security level. Examples of implementing the proposed technique on some steganography algorithms will be explored. The proposed and current techniques will be compared. The obtained results show Rand-Stego's superiority in terms of efficiency and flexibility when compared to the current techniques.

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“…Different areas of the cover image have different payload capacity, so it is possible to hide more payloads around edges with this method. Applying randomization concept to LSB method is an LSB improved method, which works on the basis of the theory that the reaction of human eyes to Red, Blue and Green is different [10].…”

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New LSB-based colour image steganography method to enhance the efficiency in payload capacity, security and integrity check

Kasapbaşi

Elmasry

2018

Sādhanā

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Steganography is the technique for hiding information within a carrier file so that it is imperceptible for unauthorized parties. In this study, it is intended to combine many techniques to gather a new method for colour image steganography to obtain enhanced efficiency, attain increased payload capacity, posses integrity check and security with cryptography at the same time. Proposed work supports many different formats as payload. In the proposed method, the codeword is firstly formed with secret data and its CRC-32 checksum, then the codeword is compressed by Gzip just before encrypting it by AES, and it is finally added to encrypted header information for further process and then embedded into the cover image. Embedding the encrypted data and header information process utilizes Fisher-Yates Shuffle algorithm for selecting next pixel location. To hide one byte, different LSB (least significant bits) of all colour channels of the selected pixel is exploited. In order to evaluate the proposed method, comparative performance tests are carried out against different spatial image steganographic techniques using some of the well-known image quality metrics. For security analysis, histogram, enhanced LSB and Chi-square analyses are carried out. The results indicate that with the proposed method has an improved payload capacity, security and integrity check for common problems of simple LSB method. Moreover, it has been shown that the proposed method increases the visual quality of the stego image when compared to other studied methods, and makes the secret message difficult to be discovered.

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“…The pixel value is changed by one and it does not have any significant change in the image quality as in [5]. Figure.…”

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A Review Study on Unique Way of Information Hiding: Steganography

Zeeshan¹,

Ullah²,

Anayat³

et al. 2017

IJDST

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Abstract:Internet communication become the need of entire world, today internet is like a recourse of power that is used to run human life. The users, as a layman, may not know that internet, a way of communication, as the use of internet is increasing also data and information that is traveling through internet is increasing by every passing day every minute. In an internet environment where every user need security about their data and information that they want to share with other, such environment requires secrecy and security to safeguard the privacy. There are many approaches available that can be adopted to provide user data security, Steganography is one of the techniques which offer sufficient platform to tackle this aspect in a suitable way. The working is very easy; the information (data) can be hidden inside the other information (data) while viewers may see the cover and hidden data will be known to intended viewers only that know the way of decryption that is adopted at sender side. In simple world two images are selected, one as cover and other as message carrier, but the view and size of original image may not be changed. This paper discusses certain technique and algorithms in context to Least Significant Bit (LSB) and ascertains possible depth of LSB usage where the distortion of image starts and attracts the attacker/ hacker. It became a unique way of information hiding by merging images with cipher data or plain text.

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New approach in steganography by integrating different LSB algorithms and applying randomization concept to enhance security

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Steganography: A Flexible Embedded Randomization Technique

Steganography: A Flexible Embedded Randomization Technique

New LSB-based colour image steganography method to enhance the efficiency in payload capacity, security and integrity check

A Review Study on Unique Way of Information Hiding: Steganography

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