• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.3778-3793
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• 2019

Image steganography is one of the key types of steganography where a message to be sent is hidden inside the cover image. The most commonly used techniques for image steganography rely on LSB steganography. In this paper, a novel image steganography technique based on blocks matrix determinant method is proposed. Under this method, a cover image is divided into blocks of size $2{\times}2$ pixels and the determinant of each block is calculated. The comparison of the determinant values and corresponding data bits yields a delicate way for the embedment of data bits. The main aim of the proposed technique is to ensure concealment of secret data inside an image without affecting the cover image quality. When the proposed steganography method is compared with other existing LSB steganography methods, it is observed that it not only provides higher PSNR, lower MSE but also guarantees better quality of the stego image.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.120-144
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• 2023

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.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2015

스테가노그래피는 은닉되어 전송되는 비밀 메시지의 존재 자체를 숨기는 기술이다. 일반적으로 은닉 자료의 지각 투명성, 수용 능력, 견고성 등을 기반으로 하는 새롭고 정교한 스테가노그래피 기법을 개발하는 것이 주목적 이다. 이 논문에서는 이미지 스테가노그래피 기법의 장점과 단점을 분석하고, 효과적인 적용방법을 제시한다. 결과적으로 재배열키를 적용하고, 보안성이 좋은 ELSB와 DCT를 기반으로 하는 이미지 스테가노그래피 기법이 효과적이다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.170-191
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• 2024

The transmission of confidential data using cover media is called steganography. The three requirements of any effective steganography system are high embedding capacity, security, and imperceptibility. The text file's structure, which makes syntax and grammar more visually obvious than in other media, contributes to its poor imperceptibility. Text steganography is regarded as the most challenging carrier to hide secret data because of its insufficient redundant data compared to other digital objects. Unicode characters, especially non-printing or invisible, are employed for hiding data by mapping a specific amount of secret data bits in each character and inserting the character into cover text spaces. These characters are known with limited spaces to embed secret data. Current studies that used Unicode characters in text steganography focused on increasing the data hiding capacity with insufficient redundant data in a text file. A sequential embedding pattern is often selected and included in all available positions in the cover text. This embedding pattern negatively affects the text steganography system's imperceptibility and security. Thus, this study attempts to solve these limitations using the Part-of-speech (POS) tagging technique combined with the randomization concept in data hiding. Combining these two techniques allows inserting the Unicode characters in randomized patterns with specific positions in the cover text to increase data hiding capacity with minimum effects on imperceptibility and security. Format-preserving encryption (FPE) is also used to encrypt a secret message without changing its size before the embedding processes. By comparing the proposed technique to already existing ones, the results demonstrate that it fulfils the cover file's capacity, imperceptibility, and security requirements.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.427-442
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• 2022

MP3 is one of the most widely used file formats for encoding and representing audio data. One of the reasons for this popularity is their significant ability to reduce audio file sizes in comparison to other encoding techniques. Additionally, other reasons also include ease of implementation, its availability and good technical support. Steganography is the art of shielding the communication between two parties from the eyes of attackers. In steganography, a secret message in the form of a copyright mark, concealed communication, or serial number can be embedded in an innocuous file (e.g., computer code, video film, or audio recording), making it impossible for the wrong party to access the hidden message during the exchange of data. This paper describes a new steganography algorithm for encoding secret messages in MP3 audio files using an improved least significant bit (LSB) technique with high embedding capacity. Test results obtained shows that the efficiency of this technique is higher compared to other LSB techniques.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2022

현대사회에서 정보는 중요한 역할을 한다. 대부분의 정보는 디지털 공간에서 처리되고, 이동된다. 사이버 공간에서 저항성과 보안성에 기반한 비밀 통신은 기본적인 사항이다. 네트워크를 통해 송신 및 수신되는 디지털 정보를 보호하는 것이 필수적이다. 그러나 권한이 없는 이용자에 의해 정보가 유출되고, 위변조 될 수 있다. 제3자에 의해 통신 내용을 파악하기 위한 혁신적인 기법이 적용됨에 따라 기존 보호 시스템의 효율성이 떨어진다. 스테가노그래피는 매개체의 특정 영역에 비밀정보를 삽입하는 기술이다. 스테가노그래피와 스테간 분석 기술은 상충관계에 있다. 고도화되어가는 스테간 분석에 대응하기 위해 새롭고, 정교한 구현 시스템이 필요하다. 단계별 확산 및 불규칙성을 강화하기 위해, 계층 암호화 및 가변 ShiftRows를 기반으로 하는 한글 메시지에 대한 이미지 스테가노그래피의 하이브리드 구현 기술을 제안한다. 제안된 스테가노그래피 효율성과 성능을 측정하기 위해 PSNR을 계산하였다. 기본 LSB 기법과 비교할 때 PSNR은 1.45% 감소하였으나 확산과 임의성을 증가시킬 수 있음을 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.382-403
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• 2020

Steganography is the art of concealing the existence of a secret data in a non-secret digital carrier called cover media. While the image of steganography methods is extensively researched, studies on other cover files remain limited. Videos are promising research items for steganography primitives. This study presents an improved approach to video steganography. The improvement is achieved by allowing senders and receivers exchanging secret data without embedding the hidden data in the cover file as in traditional steganography methods. The method is based mainly on searching for exact matches between the secret text and the video frames RGB channel pixel values. Accordingly, a random key-dependent data is generated, and Elliptic Curve Public Key Cryptography is used. The proposed method has an unlimited embedding capacity. The results show that the improved method is secure against traditional steganography attacks since the cover file has no embedded data. Compared to other existing Steganography video systems, the proposed system shows that the method proposed is unlimited in its embedding capacity, system invisibility, and robustness. The system achieves high precision for data recovery in the receiver. The performance of the proposed method is found to be acceptable across different sizes of video files.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.83-93
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• 2021

COVID-19 poses a major risk to global health, highlighting the importance of faster and proper diagnosis. To handle the rise in the number of patients and eliminate redundant tests, healthcare information exchange and medical data are transmitted between healthcare centres. Medical data sharing helps speed up patient treatment; consequently, exchanging healthcare data is the requirement of the present era. Since healthcare professionals share data through the internet, security remains a critical challenge, which needs to be addressed. During the COVID-19 pandemic, computed tomography (CT) and X-ray images play a vital part in the diagnosis process, constituting information that needs to be shared among hospitals. Encryption and image steganography techniques can be employed to achieve secure data transmission of COVID-19 images. This study presents a new encryption with the image steganography model for secure data transmission (EIS-SDT) for COVID-19 diagnosis. The EIS-SDT model uses a multilevel discrete wavelet transform for image decomposition and Manta Ray Foraging Optimization algorithm for optimal pixel selection. The EIS-SDT method uses a double logistic chaotic map (DLCM) is employed for secret image encryption. The application of the DLCM-based encryption procedure provides an additional level of security to the image steganography technique. An extensive simulation results analysis ensures the effective performance of the EIS-SDT model and the results are investigated under several evaluation parameters. The outcome indicates that the EIS-SDT model has outperformed the existing methods considerably.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.461-469
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 t = 2인 3진 BCH 코드를 기반으로 하는 새로운 스테가노그라피 방법을 제시한다. 제안 된 방법에서는 JPEG 영상으로부터 추출된 DCT 계수들에 데이터 은닉을 하기 위해 t = 2인 강력한 BCH 코드를 사용하였다. 제안하는 데이터 은닉 기술은 삼진 BCH 코드(t=2인 경우)에서 다양한 해결책을 찾기 위한 접근으로 제안된 룩업테이블을 사용하였다. 고안된 룩업 테이블 접근법은 데이터 은닉을 위해 수정이 필요한 DCT 계수들의 위치를 빠르고 효율적으로 연산 가능하게 하였다. 제시된 데이터 은닉 기술은 삼진 BCH 코드를 이용하는 최초의 스테가노그라피 기술이다. 실험 결과를 통해 이진 BCH 코드에 비해 삼진 BCH 코드를 사용하는 것이 우수함을 명확하게 증명하였다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.250-255
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• 2016

Steganography is the art and science of secure communication. It focuses on both security and camouflage. Steganographic techniques must produce the resultant stego-image with less distortion and high resistance to steganalysis attack. This paper is mainly concerned with two steganographic techniques-least significant bit (LSB)++ and the reversible histogram transformation function (RHTF). LSB++ is likely to produce less distortion in the output image to avoid suspicion, but it is vulnerable to steganalysis attacks. RHTF using a mod function technique is capable of resisting the most popular and efficient steganalysis attacks, such as the regular-singular pair attack and chi-squared detection steganalysis, but it produces a lot of distortion in the output image. In this paper, we propose a new steganographic technique by combining both methods. The experimental results show that the proposed technique overcomes the respective drawbacks of each method.