An Information Hiding Algorithm Based on Bitmap Resource of Portable Executable File

An information hiding algorithm is proposed, which hides information by embedding secret data into the palette of bitmap resources of portable executable （PE） files. This algorithm has higher security than some traditional ones because of integrating secret data and bitmap resources together. Through analyzing the principle of bitmap resources parsing in an operating system and the layer of resource data in PE files, a safe and useful solution is presented to solve two problems that bitmap resources are incorrectly analyzed and other resources data are confused in the process of data embedding. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm are confirmed through computer experiments.

Research on Embedding Capacity and Efficiency of Information Hiding Based on Digital Images

Generally speaking, being an efficient information hiding scheme, what we want to achieve is high embedding capacity of the cover image and high visual quality of the stego image, high visual quality is also called embedding efficiency. This paper mainly studies on the information hiding technology based on gray-scale digital images and especially considers the improvement of embedding capacity and embedding efficiency. For the purpose of that, two algorithms for information hiding were proposed, one is called high capacity of information hiding algorithm (HCIH for short), which achieves high embedding rate, and the other is called high quality of information hiding algorithm (HQIH for short), which realizes high embedding efficiency. The simulation experiments show that our proposed algorithms achieve better performance.

Coverless Information Hiding Based on the Molecular Structure Images of Material

The traditional information hiding methods embed the secret information by modifying the carrier,which will inevitably leave traces of modification on the carrier.In this way,it is hard to resist the detection of steganalysis algorithm.To address this problem,the concept of coverless information hiding was proposed.Coverless information hiding can effectively resist steganalysis algorithm,since it uses unmodified natural stego-carriers to represent and convey confidential information.However,the state-of-the-arts method has a low hidden capacity,which makes it less appealing.Because the pixel values of different regions of the molecular structure images of material(MSIM)are usually different,this paper proposes a novel coverless information hiding method based on MSIM,which utilizes the average value of sub-image’s pixels to represent the secret information,according to the mapping between pixel value intervals and secret information.In addition,we employ a pseudo-random label sequence that is used to determine the position of sub-images to improve the security of the method.And the histogram of the Bag of words model(BOW)is used to determine the number of subimages in the image that convey secret information.Moreover,to improve the retrieval efficiency,we built a multi-level inverted index structure.Furthermore,the proposed method can also be used for other natural images.Compared with the state-of-the-arts,experimental results and analysis manifest that our method has better performance in anti-steganalysis,security and capacity.

A novel quantum information hiding protocol based on entanglement swapping of high-level Bell states

Using entanglement swapping of high-level Bell states, we first derive a covert layer between the secret message and the possible output results of the entanglement swapping between any two generalized Bell states, and then propose a novel high-efficiency quantum information hiding protocol based on the covert layer. In the proposed scheme, a covert channel can be built up under the cover of a high-level quantum secure direct communication （QSDC） channel for securely transmitting secret messages without consuming any auxiliary quantum state or any extra communication resource. It is shown that this protocol not only has a high embedding efficiency but also achieves a good imperceptibility as well as a high security.

An Efficient Information Hiding Scheme Based on Closest Paired Tree Structure Vector Quantization

Information hiding schemes based on vector quantization （VQ） usually require lengthy VQ encoding and decoding processes. In this paper, we propose an efficient information hiding method based on closest paired tree structure vector quantization （CPTSVQ）. The simulation result shows that the execution time of the proposed scheme is much shorter than that attained by previous approaches.

A Novel Steganography Scheme Combining Coverless Information Hiding and Steganography

At present,the coverless information hiding has been developed.However,due to the limited mapping relationship between secret information and feature selection,it is challenging to further enhance the hiding capacity of coverless information hiding.At the same time,the steganography algorithm based on object detection only hides secret information in foreground objects,which contribute to the steganography capacity is reduced.Since object recognition contains multiple objects and location,secret information can be mapped to object categories,the relationship of location and so on.Therefore,this paper proposes a new steganography algorithm based on object detection and relationship mapping,which integrates coverless information hiding and steganography.In this method,the coverless information hiding is realized by mapping the object type,color and secret information in object detection method.At the same time,the object detection method is used to find the safe area to hide secret messages.The proposed algorithm can not only improve the steganographic capacity of the two information hiding methods but also make the coverless information hiding more secure and robust.

A Survey of Image Information Hiding Algorithms Based on Deep Learning

With the development of data science and technology,information security has been further concerned.In order to solve privacy problems such as personal privacy being peeped and copyright being infringed,information hiding algorithms has been developed.Image information hiding is to make use of the redundancy of the cover image to hide secret information in it.Ensuring that the stego image cannot be distinguished from the cover image,and sending secret information to receiver through the transmission of the stego image.At present,the model based on deep learning is also widely applied to the field of information hiding.This paper makes an overall conclusion on image information hiding based on deep learning.It is divided into four parts of steganography algorithms,watermarking embedding algorithms,coverless information hiding algorithms and steganalysis algorithms based on deep learning.From these four aspects,the state-of-the-art information hiding technologies based on deep learning are illustrated and analyzed.

On Hiding Secret Information in Medium Frequency DCT Components Using Least Significant Bits Steganography

This work presents a new method of data hiding in digital images,in discrete cosine transform domain.The proposed method uses the least significant bits of the medium frequency components of the cover image for hiding the secret information,while the low and high frequency coefficients are kept unaltered.The unaltered low frequency DCT coefficients preserves the quality of the smooth region of the cover image,while no changes in the high DCT coefficient preserve the quality of the edges.As the medium frequency components have less contribution towards energy and image details,so the modification of these coefficients for data hiding results in high quality stego images.The distortion due to the changes in the medium frequency coefficients is insignificant to be detected by the human visual system.The proposed methods demonstrated a hiding capacity of 43:11%with the stego image quality of a peak signal to the noise ration of 36:3 dB,which is significantly higher than the threshold of 30 dB for a stego image quality.The proposed technique is immune to steganalysis and has proved to be highly secured against both spatial and DCT domain steganalysis techniques.

Scheme for Secure Communication via Information Hiding Based on Key Exchange and Decomposition Protocols

This paper considers a decomposition framework as a mechanism for information hiding for secure communication via open network channels. Two varieties of this framework are provided: one is based on Gaussian arithmetic with complex modulus and another on an elliptic curve modular equation. The proposed algorithm is illustrated in a numerical example.

AN OPTIMAL INFORMATION HIDING ALGORITHM FOR SPEECH IN THE FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM DOMAIN

With the increasing requirement of military and security, the technology of information hiding for speech becomes a hotspot and difficulty in the fields of speech signal processing and in-formation security, which is developing rapidly. In order to stand against the stegano-analysis, the paper proposed an optimal information hiding algorithm for speech in the Fractional Fourier Transform (FrFT) domain based on the Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) criterion. The results of simulation and experiments show that speech modified by the proposed algorithm has no remarkable changes both in time and frequency domains, which can effectively resist the time and frequency analysis, Otherwise, the algorithm is robust to general signal process attack, and the difference is imperceptible between the original and modified speech.

The Research on Audio Information Hiding Technology

Audio information hiding technology is an important branch of stenography. This article introduces the basic concepts, principles, characteristics and the typical models of the audio information hiding. It then classifies the audio information hiding methods, according to the domain used by them including time, frequency, Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and the compressed., and discusses several mainstream algorithms in various domains. It finally points out that the audio information hiding technology cannot solve the problem of re-record attacks, but it also brings forward the possible solutions to this problem.

Information Hiding Method Based on Block DWT Sub-Band Feature Encoding

For realizing of long text information hiding and covert communication, a binary watermark sequence was obtained firstly from a text file and encoded by a redundant encoding method. Then, two neighboring blocks were selected at each time from the Hilbert scanning sequence of carrier image blocks, and transformed by 1-level discrete wavelet transformation (DWT). And then the double block based JNDs (just noticeable difference) were calculated with a visual model. According to the different codes of each two watermark bits, the average values of two corresponding detail sub-bands were modified by using one of JNDs to hide information into carrier image. The experimental results show that the hidden information is invisible to human eyes, and the algorithm is robust to some common image processing operations. The conclusion is that the algorithm is effective and practical.

A Distributed Secret Sharing Method with QR Code Based on Information Hiding

QR codes are applied widely on the Internet and mobile devices in recent years.Its open standards and the characteristics of easy to generate lead to anyone can generate their QR code easily.Also,the QR code does not have the ability of hiding information,which leads to everyone can get access to read the content in any QR code,including those hiding some secret content in the bytes of QR code.Therefore,in recent years,information tampering and information leakage cases caused by poor security of two-dimensional code occur frequently,especially in the financial field and multi-party verification scenarios.QR codes are almost impossible to use in these scenarios.Therefore,this paper proposes a distributed information sharing method based on information hiding QR code.This method can make secret code in QR code safer and robust,and the secret shared between receivers can be used for decryption and attacking detection.Therefore,on the one hand,the information hiding method can maximize the capacity of embedded secret information,on the other hand,it can prevent attacks by disguised attackers and recover hidden secret information through reconstruction.This paper illustrates the feasibility of this scheme through the form of theoretical proof.

Information hiding scheme for vector maps based on fingerprint certification

An information hiding scheme for vector maps is presented to identify the source after the vector map is leaked in some key application areas. In this scheme, the fingerprint image of the map owner can be converted into a character string as the watermark, and then the watermark will be embedded into the coordinate descriptions of the attribute file by the "0-bit value" programming method. This programming algorithm ensures that the accuracy is lossless and the graphics is unchanged for any vector map. Experiments show that the presented hiding scheme has stable robustness, the average similarity rate is 97.2% for fingerprints matching and the false non-match rate is 1.38% in the blocking test. In the opening test, the former reaches 84.46% and the latter reaches 5.56%.

An IP-SAN System Based on Information Hiding Technology

With the development of data intensive application, such as multimedia, data warehouse, and online analysis processing, online data is increasing rapidly, hence the need for high performance SAN (Storage Area Network) becomes more and more urgent. Currently, IPSAN, which is based on iSCSI technology, is used widely. Meanwhile, it also faces some challenges. In this paper, we point out the security problem in SAN system, and present a new secure storage model, which is based on traditional IPSAN system and takes full advantage of information hiding technology, to improve the safety of the storage system.

STUDY ON AUDIO INFORMATION HIDING METHOD BASED ON MODIFIED PHASE PARTITION

Hiding efficiency of traditional audio information hiding methods is always low since the sentience similarity cannot be guaranteed. A new audio information hiding method is proposed in this letter which can impose the insensitivity with the audio phase for auditory and realize the information hiding through specific algorithm in order to modify local phase within the auditory perception. The algorithm is to introduce the operation of "set 1" and "set 0" for every phase vectors, then the phases must lie on the boundary of a phase area after modified. If it lies on "1" boundary, it comes by set 1 operation. If it lies on "0" boundary, it comes by set 0 operation. The results show that, compared with the legacy method, the proposed method has better auditory similarity, larger information embedding capacity and lower code error rate. As a kind of blind detect method, it fits for application scenario without channel interference.

A NOVEL APPROACH OF SECURE COMMUNICATION BASED ON THE TECHNIQUE OF SPEECH INFORMATION HIDING

The proposed secure communication approach adopts the proposed algorithm of Analysis-By-Synthesis (ABS) speech information hiding to establish a Secret Speech Subliminal Channel (SSSC) for speech secure communication over PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), and employs the algorithm of ABS speech information extracting to recovery the secret information. This approach is more reliable, covert and securable than traditional and chaotic secure communication.

Destructive Method with High Quality and Speed to Counter Information Hiding

Hidden information behavior is becoming more difficult to be detected, causing illegal information spreading. To counter information hiding, more complex and high-dimensional steganalysis methods are applied, and have good detection for some specific information hiding algorithms. However, huge time consumption is needed and only suitable for offline usage with this method. In this paper, a destructive method with high quality and speed is proposed to counter information hiding. The experimental result presents that the extracting error rate of hiding information is around 50%, which means the method can destroy the possible covert communication completely. At the same time, the quality of covers after the destructive operation is good and the average time of operating an image is millisecond.

An Approach to Hide Secret Speech Information

This paper presented an approach to hide secret speech information in code excited linear prediction (CELP)-based speech coding scheme by adopting the analysis-by-synthesis (ABS)-based algorithm of speech information hiding and extracting for the purpose of secure speech communication. The secret speech is coded in 2.4 Kb/s mixed excitation linear prediction (MELP), which is embedded in CELP type public speech. The ABS algorithm adopts speech synthesizer in speech coder. Speech embedding and coding are synchronous, i.e. a fusion of speech information data of public and secret. The experiment of embedding 2.4 Kb/s MELP secret speech in G.728 scheme coded public speech transmitted via public switched telephone network (PSTN) shows that the proposed approach satisfies the requirements of information hiding, meets the secure communication speech quality constraints, and achieves high hiding capacity of average 3.2 Kb/s with an excellent speech quality and complicating speakers’ recognition.