A Stern-based Collusion-Secure Software Watermarking Algorithm and Its Implementation

Ai, Jieqing; Sun, Xingming; Cox, Ingemar J.; Sun, Guang; Luo, Yi

doi:10.1109/mue.2007.53

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“…Stern et al [74] implemented their technique for x86 assembly language and later Hachez [38], and separately Collberg and Sahoo [14], implemented the technique for Java bytecode. Curran et al [28] describe a spread-spectrum technique using a vector derived from the call graph depth of a program; Ai et al [3] attempt to improve on the original algorithm by introducing a collusion-attack resistant variation.…”

Section: Code Replacementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A survey of static software watermarking

Hamilton

Danicic

2011

2011 World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS-2011)

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Software watermarks, which can be used to identify the intellectual property owner of a piece software, are broadly divided into two categories: static and dynamic. Static watermarks are embedded in the code and/or data of a computer program, whereas dynamic watermarking techniques store a watermark in a program's execution state. In this paper, we present a survey of the known static software watermarking techniques, including a brief explanation of each.

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Section: Code Replacementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A survey of static software watermarking

Hamilton

Danicic

2011

2011 World Congress on Internet Security (WorldCIS-2011)

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“…Few research and literature are found in this field till now. The information hiding scheme based on PE file can be divided into the following categories: Firstly, information hiding technique based on instruction transformation is presented [2,3]. The compiler optimized binary codes are directly modified by means of equivalent instruction's replacement, this method is simple, however, it affects the performance of the program, and the hiding capacity is very limited.…”

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Software Information Hiding Algorithm Based on Palette Icon of PE File

Tian¹,

Yang²,

Zhi-chen³

2022

Intelligent Automation &Amp; Soft Computing

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PE (Portable executable) file is a standard format for executable file and is applied extensively. PE file has diversity, uncertainty of file size, complexity of file structure and singleness of file format, which make PE file easy to be a carrier of information hiding, especially for that of large hiding capacity. A novel software information hiding algorithm is proposed, which makes full use of display characteristics of palette icon of portable executable file. In this algorithm, the information is embedded into the transparent area of the icon by taking advantage of the redundant color items in the palette. The experimental results show that after embedding the information, the size of the icon remains unchanged, that is, the size of the resource section will not change, and the size of the PE file will not change. On the other hand, the icon with embedded data can be correctly analyzed and displayed without any distortion. PE file can run normally, and does not affect the performance of the program, so the algorithm has good concealment. The algorithm selects an index value whose color is black according to rules in the XOR bitmap, these index values are encoded for information hiding, its complexity is low. At the same time, we can further improve the hiding capacity by adding one or more icons to PE file.

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