• 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.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2015

스마트폰 사용의 확대로 iOS와 Android 운영체제에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 안드로이드 플랫폼을 기반으로 한 스테가노그래픽 기법으로 안드로이드에서 기본적으로 제공하는 그래픽 라이브러리인 스키아를 기반으로 한 영상 포맷을 분석하고, 분석된 포맷에 기반한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 Alpha, Red, Green, Blue 각각 8비트씩 총 32비트를 사용하는 트루 칼라를 기반으로 네 개의 각 8비트 영역을 활용하여 비밀자료를 숨긴다. 또한 이미지 왜곡이 덜 민감한 Alpha 영역을 활용하여 최대한 비밀자료를 숨길 수 있도록 알고리즘을 제안함으로써, 안드로이드를 기반으로 하는 스마트기기에 모두 사용이 가능할 것으로 보인다. 실험결과에서는 Alpha값의 변화에 따른 비밀자료 삽입용량과 이미지 왜곡 정도를 보임으로써 제안하는 알고리즘의 우수성을 증명하고 있다.