Yu Yang^1,2,*, Yuwei Chen^1,2, Yuling Chen², Wei Bi^3,4

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.56, No.2, pp. 261-272, 2018, DOI: 10.3970/cmc.2018.02736

Abstract The state-of-the-art universal steganalysis method, spatial rich model (SRM), and the steganalysis method using image quality metrics (IQM) are both based on image residuals, while they use 34671 and 10 features respectively. This paper proposes a novel steganalysis scheme that combines their advantages in two ways. First, filters used in the IQM are designed according to the models of the SRM owning to their strong abilities for detecting the content adaptive steganographic methods. In addition, a total variant (TV) filter is also used due to its good performance of preserving image edge properties during filtering. Second, due to each type… More >

Xintao Duan^1,*, Haoxian Song¹, Chuan Qin², Muhammad Khurram Khan³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 483-493, 2018, DOI: 10.3970/cmc.2018.01798

Abstract In this paper, we propose a novel coverless image steganographic scheme based on a generative model. In our scheme, the secret image is first fed to the generative model database, to generate a meaning-normal and independent image different from the secret image. The generated image is then transmitted to the receiver and fed to the generative model database to generate another image visually the same as the secret image. Thus, we only need to transmit the meaning-normal image which is not related to the secret image, and we can achieve the same effect as the transmission of the secret image.… More >

Junjia Chen¹, Wei Lu^1,2,*, Yuileong Yeung¹, Yingjie Xue¹, Xianjin Liu¹, Cong Lin^1,3, Yue Zhang⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.55, No.2, pp. 201-211, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2018.01781

Abstract In recent years, binary image steganography has developed so rapidly that the research of binary image steganalysis becomes more important for information security. In most state-of-the-art binary image steganographic schemes, they always find out the flippable pixels to minimize the embedding distortions. For this reason, the stego images generated by the previous schemes maintain visual quality and it is hard for steganalyzer to capture the embedding trace in spacial domain. However, the distortion maps can be calculated for cover and stego images and the difference between them is significant. In this paper, a novel binary image steganalytic scheme is proposed,… More >

Qili Zhou¹, Yongbin Qiu¹, Li Li^1,*, Jianfeng Lu¹, Wenqiang Yuan¹, Xiaoqing Feng², Xiaoyang Mao³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.55, No.1, pp. 151-163, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2018.055.151

Abstract Steganography technology has been widely used in data transmission with secret information. However, the existing steganography has the disadvantages of low hidden information capacity, poor visual effect of cover images, and is hard to guarantee security. To solve these problems, steganography using reversible texture synthesis based on seeded region growing and LSB is proposed. Secret information is embedded in the process of synthesizing texture image from the existing natural texture. Firstly, we refine the visual effect. Abnormality of synthetic texture cannot be fully prevented if no approach of controlling visual effect is applied in the process of generating synthetic texture.… More >

Qiankai Nie¹, Xuba Xu¹, Bingwen Feng^1,*, Leo Yu Zhang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.55, No.1, pp. 59-70, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2018.055.059

Abstract In this paper, an effective intra prediction mode-based video strganography is proposed. Secret messages are embedded during the intra prediction of the video encoding without causing large embedding impact. The influence on the sum of absolute difference (SAD) in intra prediction modes (IPMs) reversion phenomenon is sharp when modifying IPMs. It inspires us to take the SAD prediction deviation (SPD) to define the distortion function. What is more, the mapping rule between IPMs and the codewords is introduced to further reduce the SPD values of each intra block. Syndrome-trellis code (STC) is used as the practical embedding implementation. Experimental results… More >

Ruohan Meng^1,2, Steven G. Rice³, Jin Wang⁴, Xingming Sun^1,2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.55, No.1, pp. 1-16, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2018.055.001

Abstract The aim of information hiding is to embed the secret message in a normal cover media such as image, video, voice or text, and then the secret message is transmitted through the transmission of the cover media. The secret message should not be damaged on the process of the cover media. In order to ensure the invisibility of secret message, complex texture objects should be chosen for embedding information. In this paper, an approach which corresponds multiple steganographic algorithms to complex texture objects was presented for hiding secret message. Firstly, complex texture regions are selected based on a kind of… More >

Chih-Ping Wu^1,2, Shao-En Huang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 251-282, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2009.012.251

Abstract A modified Pagano method is developed for the three-dimensional (3D) coupled analysis of simply-supported, doubly curved functionally graded (FG) piezo-thermo-elastic shells under thermal loads. Four different loading conditions, applied on the lateral surfaces of the shells, are considered. The material properties of FG shells are regarded as heterogeneous through the thickness coordinate, and then specified to obey an exponent-law dependent on this. The Pagano method, conventionally used for the analysis of multilayered composite elastic plates/shells, is modified to be feasible for the present analysis of FG piezo-thermo-elastic plates/shells. The modifications include that a displacement-based formulation is replaced by a mixed… More >