International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing (IJIGSP)
IJIGSP Vol. 7, No. 6, 8 May 2015
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A Comprehensive Image Steganography Tool using LSB Scheme
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Cryptography, Data Hiding, Image Steganography, Information Security, Least Significant Bit
Abstract
As a consequence of the fact, transmitting data has been fast and easy these days due to the development of the Internet. Where internet is the most important medium for confidential and non-confidential communications. Security is the major matter for these communications and steganography is the art of hiding and transmitting secret messages through carriers without being exposed. This paper presents a secured model for communication using image steganography. The main concern is to create a Java-based tool called IMStego that hides information in images using Least Significant Bit (LSB) algorithm (1-LSB) and modified Least Significant one Bit algorithm, i.e. Least Significant 2 Bits algorithm (2-LSB). IMStego is a more comprehensive security utility where it provides user-friendly functionality with interactive graphical user interface and integrated navigation capabilities. It provides the user with two operations, which are hiding secret data into images and extracting hidden data from images using 1-LSB or 2-LSB algorithm. IMStego tool hides secrete information in color static images with formats BMP and PNG.
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Sahar A. El_Rahman,"A Comprehensive Image Steganography Tool using LSB Scheme", IJIGSP, vol.7, no.6, pp.10-18, 2015. DOI: 10.5815/ijigsp.2015.06.02
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