• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.483-491
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• 2015

Data hiding is one of protective methods that can authenticate the completeness of digital information and protect intelligent property rights and copyright through secret communications. In this paper, we propose a data hiding method using pixel-value modular operation that has a high capacity while maintaining a good visual quality. The proposed method can embed secret data on the every pixel of a cover image by modular operation. The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed method has a high capacity and good visual quality where the embedding capacity is 91,138 bytes, the PSNR is 47.94dB, and the Q index is 0.968.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2012

오디오 스테가노그래피는 오디오 매체(신호)에 암호화된 비밀 메시지를 은닉하여 전송하는 일반적이고, 폭넓게 이용되는 통신기법이다. 인간은 청각시스템의 지각능력의 한계 때문에 커버 오디오 파일과 스테고 오디오 파일의 지각품질(perceptual quality) 차이는 없다. 또한 공격자로부터의 안전성과 견고성 측면에서 LSB 기법은 디지털화된 오디오 신호에 메시지를 삽입하는 효율적이고, 경제적인 방법으로 널리 이용되고 있다. 이 논문에서는 LSB 기법을 기반으로 하고, 디지털화된 비밀 메시지의 비트별 위치를 변경하고, 암호화한 후 커버 오디오 매체에 은닉하는 개선된 방법을 제시한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.945-958
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• 2017

This paper proposes a novel method of reversible data hiding in JPEG images. After analyzing the JPEG features, we provide a new algorithm of selecting appropriate blocks and coefficients to carry secret messages. Instead of embedding data into the histogram of all coefficients, we propose a strategy of ordered embedding to hide data by histogram shifts in several rounds. On the recipient end, secret messages can be exactly extracted, and the original JPEG image can be losslessly recovered. Experimental results show that high embedding rate can be achieved with limited distortions. Most importantly, the marked JPEG file generated by the proposed method requires less storage size than state-of-the-art works.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.435-452
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• 2010

This paper proposes a novel reversible data hiding scheme based on a Vector Quantization (VQ) codebook. The proposed scheme uses the principle component analysis (PCA) algorithm to sort the codebook and to find two similar codewords of an image block. According to the secret to be embedded and the difference between those two similar codewords, the original image block is transformed into a difference number table. Finally, this table is compressed by entropy coding and sent to the receiver. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve greater hiding capacity, about five bits per index, with an acceptable bit rate. At the receiver end, after the compressed code has been decoded, the image can be recovered to a VQ compressed image.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.256-270
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• 2014

A new morphed steganographic algorithm is proposed in this paper. Image security is a challenging problem these days. Steganography is a method of hiding secret data in cover media. The Least Significant Bit is a standard Steganographic method that has some limitations. The limitations are less capacity to hide data, poor stego image quality, and imperceptibility. The proposed algorithm focuses on these limitations. The morphing concept is being used for image steganography to overcome these limitations. The PSNR and standard deviation are considered as a measure to improve stego image quality and morphed image selection, respectively. The stego keys are generated during the morphed steganographic embedding and extracting process. Stego keys are used to embed and extract the secret image. The experimental results, which are based on hiding capacity and PSNR, are presented in this paper. Our research contributes towards creating an improved steganographic method using image morphing. The experimental result indicates that the proposed algorithm achieves an increase in hiding capacity, stego image quality, and imperceptibility. The experimental results were compared with state of the art steganographic methods.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.3348-3364
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• 2021

Magic matrix-based data hiding schemes are applied to transmit secret information through open communication channels safely. With the development of various magic matrices, some higher dimensional magic matrices are proposed for improving the security level. However, with the limitation of computing resource and the requirement of real time processing, these higher dimensional magic matrix-based methods are not advantageous. Hence, a kind of data hiding scheme based on a single or a group of multi-dimensional flexible magic matrices is proposed in this paper, whose magic matrix can be expanded to higher dimensional ones with less computing resource. Furthermore, an adaptive mechanism is proposed to reduce the embedding distortion. Adapting to the secret data, the magic matrix with least distortion is chosen to embed the data and a marker bit is exploited to record the choice. Experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme hides data with high security and a better visual quality.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.3406-3418
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• 2022

Reversible data hiding is an algorithm that has ability to extract the secret data and to restore the marked image to its original version after data extracting. However, some previous schemes offered the low image quality of marked images. To solve this shortcoming, a new reversible data hiding scheme based on pixel value ordering and edge detection mechanism is proposed. In our proposed scheme, the edge image is constructed to divide all pixels into the smooth regions and rough regions. Then, the pixels in the smooth regions are separated into non overlapping blocks. Then, by taking advantages of the high correlation of current pixels and their adjacent pixels in the smooth regions, PVO algorithm is applied for embedding secret data to maintain the minimum distortion. The experimental results showed that our proposed scheme obtained the larger embedding capacity. Moreover, the greater image quality of marked images are achieved by the proposed scheme than that other previous schemes while the high EC is embedded.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.472-476
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 이진 이미지 기반의 간단하고 사용자 친화적인 (n,n) 시각 비밀 분산 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 간단한 XOR 연산과 NOT 연산만을 이용하여 사용자 친화적인 이미지들 내에 숨기고자 하는 비밀 이미지 정보를 분산해서 숨기는 기법으로, 효율적인 숨김(em-bedding)과 복원(reconstruction) 알고리즘 제공, 비밀 이미지의 손실없는 완벽한 복원 기능 제공, 사용자 친화적인 의미있는 이미지들을 공유함으로써 자신이 속해있는 그룹을 쉽게 구분할 수 있는 기능 제공, 그리고 기존의 방법과 달리 원본 커버 이미지와 같은 크기의 비밀 이미지를 공유할 수 있는 등의 시각 비밀 분산 방법이 갖추어야하는 많은 장점들을 가진다.

• 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.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.431-443
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• 2016

Secure multi-party computation (MPC) has been a research focus of cryptography in resent studies. However, hiding the topology of the network in secure computation is a rather novel goal. Inspired by a seminal paper [1], we proposed a topology-hiding broadcast protocol based on NTRUEncrypt and secret sharing. The topology is concealed as long as any part of the network is corrupted. And we also illustrated the merits of our protocol by performance and security analysis.