Secret Message Protection using Fuzzy Logic and Difference Expansion in Digital Images

Croix, Ntivuguruzwa Jean De La; Islamy, Chaidir Chalaf; Ahmad, Tohari

doi:10.1109/nigercon54645.2022.9803151

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“…Considering 𝑡 𝑚 as the cover image's total pixels and β as the relative payload, we find the measure of 𝐿 𝑚 basing on Eq. (1).…”

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Pixel-block-based Steganalysis Method for Hidden Data Location in Digital Images

2023

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Concealing confidential data within digital multimedia, also called steganography, has been crucial for safeguarding data. However, steganalysis techniques are best known for compromising these data concealment methods. The convolutional neural network (CNN) yielded better performance over the previously suggested techniques based on machine learning for steganalysis. Although the current approaches show promising outcomes, they encounter challenges in locating the secret data. This paper introduces a CNN architecture with a key idea to enhance the accuracy of identifying the precise hidden data location. Our method novelty is based on reducing image features and network parameters via customized feature allocation and convolutional kernels optimization and enhancing classification accuracy by optimizing the kernels combined with back-forward gradient descent. Our experimental results show improvements over the existing works with the accuracy under payload capacity of 0.4 bpp from 83.01% to 98.78% for S-UNIWARD and 87.19% to 97.93% for WOW.

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“…Considering 𝑡 𝑚 as the cover image's total pixels and β as the relative payload, we find the measure of 𝐿 𝑚 basing on Eq. (1).…”

Section: Proposed Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Image steganography is a technique used in secret communication to hide confidential data within ordinary cover media such as images [1], video [2], audio [3], and text [4]. In digital images, the modified pixel values in stego images are subtly altered, making them difficult to discern from the original images [5][6][7][8].…”

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Pixel-block-based Steganalysis Method for Hidden Data Location in Digital Images

2023

IJIES

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“…Fuzzy logic has found its primary practical application as process controllers in numerous fields, particularly Japan and Europe [18]. In recent applications, fuzzy logic has been widely applied in metaheuristic tasks [25], [26], regularizing the environment for smart agriculture [27], [28], covering preprocessing for enhanced payload capacity in steganographic applications [29], [30]. Unlike classical logic, which is based on sharp true-false differentiations, fuzzy logic aims to emulate human logic by performing representations in non-linear ways.…”

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Enhancing Secret Data Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks With Fuzzy Edge Detection

Croix,

Ahmad,

Han

2023

IEEE Access

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Progress in Deep Learning (DL), particularly Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), has significantly improved the accuracy of steganographic image detection. However, the applications of CNNs have several challenges, mainly due to insufficient dataset quality and quantity, the heightened imperceptibility of low payload capacities, and suboptimal feature learning procedures. This paper proposes an enhanced secret data detection approach with a CNN architecture that includes convolutional, depth-wise, separable, pooling, and spatial dropout layers. An improved fuzzy Prewitt approach is employed for pre-processing the images prior to being fed into the CNN. Experimental results show a significant outperformance over the state-of-the-art methods.

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A Reversible Data Hiding Approach in Medical Images Using Difference Expansion

Aminy,

De La Croix,

Ahmad

2023

2023 IEEE 15th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN)

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Secret Message Protection using Fuzzy Logic and Difference Expansion in Digital Images

Cited by 23 publications

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Pixel-block-based Steganalysis Method for Hidden Data Location in Digital Images

Pixel-block-based Steganalysis Method for Hidden Data Location in Digital Images

Enhancing Secret Data Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks With Fuzzy Edge Detection

A Reversible Data Hiding Approach in Medical Images Using Difference Expansion

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