A novel approach to steganography: Enhanced least significant bit substitution algorithm integrated with self-determining encryption feature

dc.authoridDas, Resul/0000-0002-6113-4649
dc.authoridTuna, Gurkan/0000-0002-6466-4696
dc.authoridBAYKARA, Muhammet/0000-0001-5223-1343
dc.authorwosidDas, Resul/V-9202-2018
dc.authorwosidTuna, Gurkan/AAG-4412-2019
dc.authorwosidBAYKARA, Muhammet/V-8965-2018
dc.contributor.authorDas, Resul
dc.contributor.authorBaykara, Muhammet
dc.contributor.authorTuna, Gurkan
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:15:39Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:15:39Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractOne of the most well-known and used algorithms for Steganography is Least Significant Bit (LSB) substitution. Although LSB has several advantages such as simplicity, efficiency, and easy-to-do implementation, it has some distinct disadvantages such as it openness to miscellaneous attacks. In this study, we aim to improve the traditional LSB algorithm by eliminating its main disadvantage, being easy to detect, and this way propose an enhanced LSB algorithm called E-LSB. We mainly aim to minimize differences which are due to encryption and image hiding steps in LSB algorithm and make it more difficult to notice that some text has been hidden in the original cover image. As most of the researchers and practitioners in security field argue, stenographic techniques alone are not sufficient for protecting sensitive information and thus must be used together with encryption algorithms. Therefore, the proposed approach integrates E-LSB with an encryption algorithm. E-LSB does not modify the file size and allows the flexibility of choosing one of well-known encryption algorithms including RSA, AES and CAESAR, but others can be implemented in it. With a set of experiments, the proposed approach is compared with the traditional LSB based embedding approach, and its efficiency and usability is analyzed. A set of performance evaluations realized with the developed software tool based on E-LSB algorithm show that E-LSB is better than the traditional LSB algorithm from security point of view.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage32en_US
dc.identifier.issn0267-6192
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85061494505en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage23en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/24006
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000465193400003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherC R L Publishing Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Systems Science And Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectSteganographyen_US
dc.subjectLeast Significant Bit Substitutionen_US
dc.subjectEnhanced LSBen_US
dc.subjectDynamic Embedding Range Determinationen_US
dc.subjectInformation Securityen_US
dc.titleA novel approach to steganography: Enhanced least significant bit substitution algorithm integrated with self-determining encryption featureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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