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Lightweight Steganography Technique for Smartphone

by Mohammed J. Mustafa, Ahmed S. Nori
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 177 - Number 25
Year of Publication: 2019
Authors: Mohammed J. Mustafa, Ahmed S. Nori
10.5120/ijca2019919712

Mohammed J. Mustafa, Ahmed S. Nori . Lightweight Steganography Technique for Smartphone. International Journal of Computer Applications. 177, 25 ( Dec 2019), 30-36. DOI=10.5120/ijca2019919712

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2019919712,
author = { Mohammed J. Mustafa, Ahmed S. Nori },
title = { Lightweight Steganography Technique for Smartphone },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Dec 2019 },
volume = { 177 },
number = { 25 },
month = { Dec },
year = { 2019 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 30-36 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume177/number25/31054-2019919712/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2019919712 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Mohammed J. Mustafa
%A Ahmed S. Nori
%T Lightweight Steganography Technique for Smartphone
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 177
%N 25
%P 30-36
%D 2019
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Steganography is an embedded technique that hides the message in a digital medium for the purpose of safely transferring the message. The objective of this paper is to develop and improve lightweight hiding techniques used in the systems of smartphones, by improving the well-known Least Significant Bit (LSB) algorithm by changing the attribute that is related to its work and suggesting some additions in a way that does not affect processing speed or memory usage and increases security. It also provides a large area for hiding a large secrete message with very little impact on the cover relative to the size of the cover used. This paper proposes several additions and modifications to the algorithm, including: using Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) to determine pixels locations in the cover. Coding process was also proposed for the purpose of increasing randomization and provide statistical distribution unrelated to the original message. The LSB hiding process enables the use of less important bits per pixel. In this case, a distribution of hidden bits within one pixel was suggested by different distributions in each hiding process, making data of repeated hiding useless for the attackers. Various measures (MSE, PSNR, BER, and SSIM) were adopted for the purpose of measuring the quality and efficiency of the proposed algorithm through several experiments including cover image sizes in different dimensions with a variety of data for secret messages, whose results were better than other values.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Steganography PRNG LSB Lightweight Smartphone.