Recognition in software watermarking

Zhu, William; Thomborson, Clark

doi:10.1145/1178766.1178776

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“…These involve access to source code, where programmers insert copyright marks and integrity checks right inside their code. Information inserted in this way can be used to prove the integrity and authorship of the program [13]. Outside Hydan, other authors [1] have later described different techniques to introduce information in executable files.…”

Section: Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Steganalysis of Hydan

Blasco

Hernández-Castro

Tapiador

et al. 2009

Emerging Challenges for Security, Privacy and Trust

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Abstract Hydan is a steganographic tool which can be used to hide any kind of information inside executable files. In this work, we present an efficient distinguisher for it: We have developed a system that is able to detect executable files with embedded information through Hydan. Our system uses statistical analysis of instruction set distribution to distinguish between files with no hidden information and files that have been modified with Hydan. We have tested our algorithm against a mix of clean and stego-executable files. The proposed distinguisher is able to tell apart these files with a 0 ratio of false positives and negatives, thus detecting all files with hidden information through Hydan. Permanent

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Section: Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Steganalysis of Hydan

Blasco

Hernández-Castro

Tapiador

et al. 2009

Emerging Challenges for Security, Privacy and Trust

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“…In this section, we introduce some concepts of embedding a watermark into, extracting a watermark from, and recognizing a watermark from a software program. These issues were already addressed in our previous paper [19,20]. We need these concepts to define the concepts of informed recognition.…”

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“…As for the detailed concepts of extraction and recognition in software watermarking, please refer to papers [19,20].…”

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“…Zhu and Thomborson formally defined embedding, extraction, and recognition in papers [19] and [20]. This paper follows the above two papers to define concepts such as positive-partial informed recognitions, negative-partial informed recognitions, and informed recognitions corresponding to embedding algorithms.…”

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“…Since the unauthorized use and modification of software are pervasive around the world, software security becomes an important issue [5,6,7,19,20]. Software watermarking is a method to protect copyright of programs by inserting secret messages into the programs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Informed Recognition in Software Watermarking

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Abstract. Software watermarking is a technique to protect programs from piracy through embedding secret information into the programs. As software unauthorized use and modification are ubiquitous in the world, progresses in software watermarking will certainly benefit software research and industry. In this paper, we study one of core concepts in this area -informed recognition. To recognize a watermark in a software is to judge the existence of such a watermark in the corresponding software code.

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A novel watermarking method for software protection in the cloud

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Thomborson

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With the rapid development of cloud computing, software applications are shifting onto cloud storage rather than remaining within local networks. Software distributions within the cloud are subject to security breaches, privacy abuses, and access control violations. In this paper, we identify an insider threat to access control which is not completely eliminated by the usual techniques of encryption, cryptographic hashes, and access-control labels. We address this threat using software watermarking. We evaluate our access-control scheme within the context of a Collaboration-oriented Architecture, as defined by The Jericho Forum.

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Recognition in software watermarking

Cited by 23 publications

References 40 publications

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