Security analysis of DNA based steganography techniques

Alharbi, Omnia; Alahmadi, Walaa Essa; Aljahdali, Asia

doi:10.1007/s42452-019-1930-1

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“…Data hiding using DNA sequences are classified into three main methods as described in [10,11]. These three methods are insertion-based, complementary-pair-based, and substitution-based.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Substitution-Based Method for Data Hiding in DNA Sequences

El-deeb

El-Sisi

Youssef

2021

IJCI. International Journal of Computers and Information

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To transmit data securely between different parties, a variety of security approaches have been proposed in the literature. Specifically, DNA based cryptography and steganography approaches were used to secure data transmission. In this paper, a substitution-based method for data hiding in DNA sequences is proposed. In the proposed data hiding method, data is encoded using a binary coding rule then the data is hidden into a DNA sequence. The proposed method provides an enhancement on a previously proposed DNA substitution method named Least Significant Base method. The proposed enhancement is based on a simple idea that, to the best of our knowledge, was not applied before. It was noticed that the DNA Amino acids can be organized into groups where each DNA codon in one of the groups can be used to encode two bits of the hidden message rather than only one bit as proposed by the Least Significant Base method. Like the Least Significant Base method, the proposed method is blind, preserves the DNA original biological structure in the fake DNA sequence and provides no expansion in the DNA sequence. The proposed method is evaluated using a public DNA sequences dataset named BALIBASE. The evaluation results showed that the proposed method achieved about 50% increase in the data hiding capacity when compared with the Least Significant Base method. Moreover, the results showed that the proposed method resulted in significant decrease in the cracking probability of the Least Significant Base method.

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“…Data hiding using DNA sequences are classified into three main methods as described in [10,11]. These three methods are insertion-based, complementary-pair-based, and substitution-based.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Substitution-Based Method for Data Hiding in DNA Sequences

El-deeb

El-Sisi

Youssef

2021

IJCI. International Journal of Computers and Information

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“…8) Payload: is the amount of extra data added to the DNA sequence due to the implementation of the DNA steganography algorithm. The best scenario occurs when the payload equals zero [24]. 9) Modification rate: denotes the ratio of change in the fake DNA sequence compared to the original one.…”

Section: Dna Nucleotide Binary Formmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…9) Modification rate: denotes the ratio of change in the fake DNA sequence compared to the original one. A high modification rate may spoil the protein's operations in the DNA sequence [24].…”

Section: Dna Nucleotide Binary Formmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Modern DNA-based Steganography Approaches

Alhabeeb¹,

Fauzi²,

Sulaiman³

2021

IJACSA

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“…Amongst several techniques of information security, the two foremost runners in keeping information confined only to the authorized include Cryptography and Steganography [12]. Devices.…”

Section: A Privacymentioning

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Prudently Secure Information Theoretic LSB Steganography for Digital Grayscale Images

Rafat¹

2020

IJACSA

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The endangerment of online data breaches calls for exploring new and enhancing existing sneaky ways of clandestine communication to tailor those to match the present and futuristic technological and environmental needs, to which malicious intruders wouldn't have an answer. Cryptography and Steganography are the two distinct techniques that, for long, have remained priority choices for hiding vital information from the unauthorized. But the visibility of the encrypted contents makes these vulnerable to attack. Also, the recent legislative protection agreed to law enforcement authorities in Australia to sneak into pre-shared cryptographic secret keys (PSKs) shall have a devastating impact on the privacy of the people. Hence, the need of the hour is to veil in the encrypted data underneath the cover of Steganography, whose sole intent is to hide the very existence of information. This research endeavor enhances one of the most famous images Steganography technique called the Least Significant Bit (LSB) Steganography, from the security and information-theoretic standpoint by taking a known-cover and known-message attack scenario. The explicit proclamation of this research endeavor is that the security of LSB Steganography lies in inducing uncertainty at the time of bit embedding process. The test results rendered by the proposed methodology confers on the non-detectability and imperceptibility of the confidential information along with its strong resistance against LSB Steganalysis techniques.

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Security analysis of DNA based steganography techniques

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

A Substitution-Based Method for Data Hiding in DNA Sequences

A Substitution-Based Method for Data Hiding in DNA Sequences

A Review of Modern DNA-based Steganography Approaches

Prudently Secure Information Theoretic LSB Steganography for Digital Grayscale Images

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