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Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving pp 219–236Cite as

An Image Steganography Method Using Spread Spectrum Technique

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In this paper, we present an image steganography method based on spread spectrum technique. In the proposed method, cover image is decomposed into RGB planes. The extracted R, G, and B image planes are converted into orthogonal image planes. Message to be embedded is encrypted with RC4 using key and modulated with orthogonal red image plane using key. Modulated message is embedded into orthogonal blue image plane, generating stego image. Orthogonal red image plane is encrypted using key. Dot product property of orthogonal images is used to extract the secret message. Proposed image steganography method is blind image steganography method, and cover image is not needed to extract the message from the stego image. The recipient only requires keys and encrypted orthogonal red image plane to extract the hidden information. Receiver can extract secret message without cover image, and the proposed image steganography method is not a cover escrow scheme.

Keywords

  • Image steganography
  • Spread spectrum
  • Communication security
  • Orthogonal images
  • Information hiding

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

    M. P. S. Bhatia

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Sunil Kumar Muttoo & Manjot Bhatia

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  3. Department of Paper Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India

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Bhatia, M.P.S., Muttoo, S.K., Bhatia, M. (2015). An Image Steganography Method Using Spread Spectrum Technique. In: Das, K., Deep, K., Pant, M., Bansal, J., Nagar, A. (eds) Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 336. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2220-0_18

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