Proposal / Submission Type
Peer Reviewed Paper
Location
Daytona Beach, Florida
Start Date
25-5-2016 9:00 AM
Abstract
In this paper we introduce and describe a novel approach to adaptive image steganography which is combined with One-Time Pad encryption, and demonstrate the software which implements this methodology. Testing using the state-of-the-art steganalysis software tool StegExpose concludes the image hiding is reliably secure and undetectable using reasonably-sized message payloads (≤25% message bits per image pixel; bpp). Payload image file format outputs from the software include PNG, BMP, JP2, JXR, J2K, TIFF, and WEBP. A variety of file output formats is empirically important as most steganalysis programs will only accept PNG, BMP, and possibly JPG, as the file inputs.
Keywords: steganography, one-time pad, steganalysis, information hiding, digital forensics
Scholarly Commons Citation
Pelosi, Michael J.; Kessler, Gary; and Brown, Michael Scott S., "One-Time Pad Encryption Steganography System" (2016). Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. 4.
https://commons.erau.edu/adfsl/2016/wednesday/4
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One-Time Pad Encryption Steganography System
Daytona Beach, Florida
In this paper we introduce and describe a novel approach to adaptive image steganography which is combined with One-Time Pad encryption, and demonstrate the software which implements this methodology. Testing using the state-of-the-art steganalysis software tool StegExpose concludes the image hiding is reliably secure and undetectable using reasonably-sized message payloads (≤25% message bits per image pixel; bpp). Payload image file format outputs from the software include PNG, BMP, JP2, JXR, J2K, TIFF, and WEBP. A variety of file output formats is empirically important as most steganalysis programs will only accept PNG, BMP, and possibly JPG, as the file inputs.
Keywords: steganography, one-time pad, steganalysis, information hiding, digital forensics
