An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB)

Omar Elharrouss; Noor Almaadeed; Somaya Al-Maadeed

doi:10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089566

An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB)

Omar Elharrouss
, Noor Almaadeed
, Somaya Al-Maadeed

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89 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Image steganography is the operation of hiding a message into a cover image. the message can be text, codes, or image. Hiding an image into another is the proposed approach in this paper. Based on LSB coding, a k-LSB-based method is proposed using k least bits to hide the image. For decoding the hidden image, a region detection operation is used to know the blocks contains the hidden image. The resolution of stego image can be affected, for that, an image quality enhancement method is used to enhance the image resolution. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we compare it with some of the state-of-the-art methods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	131-135
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728148212
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089566
Publication status	Published - Feb 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020 - Doha, Qatar Duration: Feb 2 2020 → Feb 5 2020

Publication series

Name	2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020

Conference

Conference	2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020
Country/Territory	Qatar
City	Doha
Period	2/2/20 → 2/5/20

Keywords

Entropy filter
Image steganography
k-LSB
LSB

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management

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Elharrouss, O., Almaadeed, N., & Al-Maadeed, S. (2020). An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB). In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020 (pp. 131-135). Article 9089566 (2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089566

An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB). / Elharrouss, Omar; Almaadeed, Noor; Al-Maadeed, Somaya.
2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 131-135 9089566 (2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Elharrouss, O, Almaadeed, N & Al-Maadeed, S 2020, An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB). in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020., 9089566, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 131-135, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020, Doha, Qatar, 2/2/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089566

Elharrouss O, Almaadeed N, Al-Maadeed S. An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB). In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2020. p. 131-135. 9089566. (2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020). doi: 10.1109/ICIoT48696.2020.9089566

Elharrouss, Omar ; Almaadeed, Noor ; Al-Maadeed, Somaya. / An image steganography approach based on k-least significant bits (k-LSB). 2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 131-135 (2020 IEEE International Conference on Informatics, IoT, and Enabling Technologies, ICIoT 2020).

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