ENHANCING LSB STEGANOGRAPHY AGAINST STEGANALYSIS ATTACKS USING COMBINATIONAL LSBS

Yahya Belghuzooz, Ali Al-Qayedi

2007

Abstract

This paper describes an enhanced approach for hiding secret messages in the spatial domain of digital cover images such that the resulting stego-images are robust to steganalysis attacks. Firstly, different methods of hiding in the Least Significant Bits (LSBs) are comparatively discussed including the Sequential and the Random algorithms. Then our approach is illustrated which uses a combination of LSBs to store large amounts of secret information while maintaining robustness against detection by steganalysis attacks. The results achieved are commensurate to those obtained using widely available stego tools.

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in Harvard Style

Belghuzooz Y. and Al-Qayedi A. (2007). ENHANCING LSB STEGANOGRAPHY AGAINST STEGANALYSIS ATTACKS USING COMBINATIONAL LSBS . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2007) ISBN 978-989-8111-13-5, pages 237-242. DOI: 10.5220/0002133602370242


in Bibtex Style

@conference{sigmap07,
author={Yahya Belghuzooz and Ali Al-Qayedi},
title={ENHANCING LSB STEGANOGRAPHY AGAINST STEGANALYSIS ATTACKS USING COMBINATIONAL LSBS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={237-242},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002133602370242},
isbn={978-989-8111-13-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - Volume 1: SIGMAP, (ICETE 2007)
TI - ENHANCING LSB STEGANOGRAPHY AGAINST STEGANALYSIS ATTACKS USING COMBINATIONAL LSBS
SN - 978-989-8111-13-5
AU - Belghuzooz Y.
AU - Al-Qayedi A.
PY - 2007
SP - 237
EP - 242
DO - 10.5220/0002133602370242