Estimating hidden message length in binary image embedded by using boundary pixels steganography

Kang Leng Chiew; Josef Pieprzyk

doi:10.1109/ARES.2010.65

Estimating hidden message length in binary image embedded by using boundary pixels steganography

Kang Leng Chiew, Josef Pieprzyk

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new steganalytic method to detect the message hidden in a black and white image using the steganographic technique developed by Liang, Wang and Zhang. Our detection method estimates the length of hidden message embedded in a binary image. Although the hidden message embedded is visually imperceptible, it changes some image statistic (such as inter-pixels correlation). Based on this observation, we first derive the 512 patterns histogram from the boundary pixels as the distinguishing statistic, then we compute the histogram difference to determine the changes of the 512 patterns histogram induced by the embedding operation. Finally we propose histogram quotient to estimate the length of the embedded message. Experimental results confirm that the proposed method can effectively and reliably detect the length of the embedded message.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2010)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	683-688
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781424458806, 9780769539652
ISBN (Print)	9781424458790
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARES.2010.65
Publication status	Published - Feb 2010
Event	5th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security, ARES - 2010 - Krakow, Poland Duration: 15 Feb 2010 → 18 Feb 2010

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Other	5th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security, ARES - 2010
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Krakow
Period	15/02/10 → 18/02/10

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Chiew, KL & Pieprzyk, J 2010, Estimating hidden message length in binary image embedded by using boundary pixels steganography. in 2010 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2010) ., 5438015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, N.J., pp. 683-688, 5th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security, ARES - 2010, Krakow, Poland, 15/02/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARES.2010.65

Estimating hidden message length in binary image embedded by using boundary pixels steganography. / Chiew, Kang Leng; Pieprzyk, Josef.
2010 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2010) . Piscataway, N.J.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010. p. 683-688 5438015.

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