Multidisciplinary Approach to Modern Digital Steganography

405 Pages·2021·16.2 MB·English

by  Sabyasachi Pramanik, Mangesh Manikrao Ghonge, Renjith V. Ravi

Multidisciplinary
Approach to Modern
Digital Steganography
Sabyasachi Pramanik
Haldia Institute of Technology, India
Mangesh Manikrao Ghonge
Sandip Foundation’s Institute of Technology and Research Centre, India
Renjith V. Ravi
MEA Engineering College, India
Korhan Cengiz
Trakya University, Turkey
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Title: Multidisciplinary approach to modern digital steganography /
Sabyasachi Pramanik, Mangesh Ghonge, Renjith Ravi, and Korhan Cengiz,
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Editorial Advisory Board
GauravAgarwal,Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Invertis University, Bareilly, India
ThanhBui,Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, School of Engineering and Technol-
ogy, Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam
BasmaAbdEl-Rahiem,Mathematics and Computer Science, Menoufia University, Egypt
A.ShajiGeorge,Department of Information and Communication Technology, Crown University Inter-
national Chartered Inc., Argentina
VishalGoyal,Electronics and Communication Engineering, GLA University, India
OferHadar,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
NicholasM.Ibenu,Information Technology, ESCAE University of Technology, Nigeria
AlexeyG.Krasnov,Nexign, Russia
VladimirN.Kustov,Saint Petersburg State University of Railway Transport of Emperor Alexander I,
Russia
DeepakMane,Tata Consultancy Services, Australia
FaridNaït-Abdesselam,Computer Science and Engineering, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
AhmedJ.Obaid,Computer Science, University of Kufa, Iraq
IliaPolian,University of Stuttgart, Germany 
SwaroopShankarPrasad,Institute of Computer Architecture and Computer Engineering, University of
Stuttgart, Germany
HafizHusnainRazaSherazi,Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
EkaterinaS.Silanteva,NST LLC, Russia
RandyJoyMagnoVentayen,Information Technology and Business Administration, Pangasinan State
University, Philippines

Table of Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................................xvii
Acknowledgment..............................................................................................................................xxiv
Chapter 1
UnseentoSeenbyDigitalSteganography:Modern-DayData-HidingTechniques...............................1
Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay, GLA University, India
Vishal Goyal, GLA University, India
Shawni Dutta, The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata, India
Sabyasachi Pramanik, Haldia Institute of Technology, India
Hafiz Husnain Raza Sherazi, University College Cork, Ireland
Chapter 2
ImageSteganography:RecentTrendsandTechniques.........................................................................29
Sana Parveen K, MEA Engineering College, India
Renjith V. Ravi, MEA Engineering College, India
Basma Abd El-Rahiem, Menoufia University, Egypt
Mangesh M. Ghonge, Sandip Foundation’s Institute of Technology and Research Centre,
India
Chapter 3
AdvancesinTextSteganographyTheoryandResearch:ACriticalReviewandGaps........................50
Gurunath R., CHRIST University (Deemed), India
Debabrata Samanta, CHRIST University (Deemed), India
Chapter 4
MachineLearningandDeepLearninginSteganographyandSteganalysis.........................................75
Ankur Gupta, Vaish College of Engineering, Rohtak, India
Sabyasachi Pramanik, Haldia Institute of Technology, India
Hung Thanh Bui, School of Engineering and Tecnology, Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam
Nicholas M. Ibenu, ESCAE University of Technology, Benin



Chapter 5
MultimodeApproachofDataEncryptioninImagesThroughQuantumSteganography....................99
Ajay B. Gadicha, P. R. Pote College of Engineering and Management, Amravati, India
Vrinda Beena Brajesh Gupta, Goverment College of Engineering, Amravati, India
Vijay B. Gadicha, G. H. Raisoni University, Amravati, India
Krishan Kumar, National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India
Mangesh M. Ghonge, Sandip Foundation’s Institute of Technology and Research Centre,
India
Chapter 6
DetectionofMaliciousSpatial-DomainSteganographyOverNoisyChannels.................................125
Swaroop Shankar Prasad, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Ofer Hadar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Ilia Polian, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Chapter 7
SecureTextExtractionFromComplexDegradedImagesbyApplyingSteganographyandDeep
Learning..............................................................................................................................................146
Binay Kumar Pandey, College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture
and Technology, India
Deepak Mane, Tata Consultancy Services, Australia
Vinay Kumar Kumar Nassa, Department of Computer Science Engg, South Point Group of
Institutions, Sonepat, India
Digvijay Pandey, Department of Technical Education, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical
University, Lucknow, India
Shawni Dutta, The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata, India
Randy Joy Magno Ventayen, Pangasinan State University, Philippines
Gaurav Agarwal, Invertis University, Bareilly, India
Rahul Rastogi, Invertis University, Bareilly, India
Chapter 8
ModernApproachestoCreatingHighlyUndetectableStegosystems(HUGOSystems)...................164
Vladimir N. Kustov, Saint Petersburg State University of Railway Transport of Emperor
Alexander I, Russia
Alexey G. Krasnov, Nexign, Russia
Ekaterina S. Silanteva, NST LLC, Russia
Chapter 9
IoTSecurityUsingSteganography.....................................................................................................191
Atrayee Majumder Ray, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, India
Anindita Sarkar, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, India
Ahmed J. Obaid, University of Kufa, Iraq
Saravanan Pandiaraj, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Chapter 10
AnIntegrationofKeylessEncryption,Steganography,andArtificialIntelligencefortheSecure
TransmissionofStegoImages............................................................................................................211
Digvijay Pandey, Department of Technical Education, IET, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Technical University, India
Vinay Kumar Nassa, South Point Group of Institutions, Sonepat, India
Ayushi Jhamb, Department of IT, College of Engineering, Roorkee, India
Dashrath Mahto, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India
Binay Kumar Pandey, College of Technology, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture
and Technology, Pantnagar, India
A. S. Hovan George, Masters IT Solutions, India
A. Shaji George, Crown University International Chartered Inc., Argentina
Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay, GLA University, India
Chapter 11
MultimediaDataProtectionUsingHybridizedCrystalPayloadAlgorithmWithChickenSwarm
Optimization.......................................................................................................................................235
Sivanantham Kalimuthu, Crapersoft, India
Farid Naït-Abdesselam, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
Jaishankar B., KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
Chapter 12
SecureFrameworkDataSecurityUsingCryptographyandSteganographyinInternetofThings....258
Kannadhasan S., Cheran College of Engineering, India
R. Nagarajan, Gnanamani College of Technology, India
Chapter 13
ApplicationofSteganographyforSecureDataTransmissionUsingLosslessCompression.............279
Kylyn Fernandes, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, India
Ankit Rishi Gupta, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, India
Pratik Panchal, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, India
Ramchandra Mangrulkar, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, India
Chapter 14
ApplicationsofMachineLearninginSteganographyforDataProtectionandPrivacy.....................306
Mahip M. Bartere, G. H. Raisoni University, Amravati, India
Sneha Bohra, G. H. Raisoni University, Amravati, India
Prashant Adakane, G. H. Raisoni University, Amravati, India
B. Santhosh Kumar, GMR Institute of Technology, India

Chapter 15
DesignandDevelopmentofHybridAlgorithmstoImproveCyberSecurityandProvideSecuring
DataUsingImageSteganographyWithInternetofThings................................................................326
Abhishek Rajeshkumar Mehta, Parul Institute of Computer Application, Parul University,
India & DCIS, Sabarmati University, India
Trupti Pravinsinh Rathod, Vidyabharti Trust College of Master in Computer Application,
India
Compilation of References...............................................................................................................339
About the Contributors....................................................................................................................368
Index...................................................................................................................................................378