Distortion function designing for JPEG steganography with uncompressed side-image

Fangjun Huang, Weiqi Luo, Jiwu Huang, Yun Qing Shi

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a new framework for designing distortion functions of joint photographic experts group (JPEG) steganography with uncompressed side-image. In our framework, the discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients, including all direct current (DC) coefficients and alternating current (AC) coefficients, are divided into two groups: first-priority group (FPG) and second-priority group (SPG). Different strategies are established to associate the distortion values to the coefficients in FPG and SPG, respectively. In this paper, three scenarios for dividing the coefficients into FPG and SPG are exemplified, which can be utilized to form a series of new distortion functions. Experimental results demonstrate that while applying these generated distortion functions to JPEG steganography, the intrinsic statistical characteristics of the carrier image will be preserved better than the prior-art, and consequently the security performance of the corresponding JPEG steganography can be improved significantly.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages69-76
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event1st ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security, IH and MMSec 2013 - Montpellier, France
Duration: Jun 17 2013Jun 19 2013

Other

Other1st ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security, IH and MMSec 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityMontpellier
Period6/17/136/19/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Software

Keywords

  • JPEG
  • security
  • steganography

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