Improving the security of LSB image steganography

Jamil Al-Azzeh - Al Balqa’a Applied university, Amman, Jordan
Ziad Alqadi - Al Balqa’a Applied university, Amman, Jordan
Belal Ayyoub - Al Balqa’a Applied university, Amman, Jordan
Ahmad Sharadqh - Al Balqa’a Applied university, Amman, Jordan


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30630/joiv.3.4.233

Abstract


Steganography is the technique of hiding secret data (message) within any media such as digital color image. In this paper we will merge steganography process with cryptography process in order to increase the security of the proposed method. The steganography process will based on LSB method, while the cryptography process will based on generating a huge private key and selecting a special function for encryption decryption. The proposed method will be implemented in order to calculate some performance parameters to prove the efficiency of the proposed method.


Keywords


Steganography, LSB, encryption; decryption; private key; MSE; PSNR.

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