Rukiye Karakis^1,2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 4649-4666, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035881

Abstract Medical image steganography aims to increase data security by concealing patient-personal information as well as diagnostic and therapeutic data in the spatial or frequency domain of radiological images. On the other hand, the discipline of image steganalysis generally provides a classification based on whether an image has hidden data or not. Inspired by previous studies on image steganalysis, this study proposes a deep ensemble learning model for medical image steganalysis to detect malicious hidden data in medical images and develop medical image steganography methods aimed at securing personal information. With this purpose in mind, a dataset containing brain Magnetic Resonance… More >

Khalid A. Alissa¹, Mohammed Maray², Areej A. Malibari³, Sana Alazwari⁴, Hamed Alqahtani⁵, Mohamed K. Nour⁶, Marwa Obbaya⁷, Mohamed A. Shamseldin⁸, Mesfer Al Duhayyim^9,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 5349-5367, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.033532

Abstract Emerging technologies such as edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G networks, big data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) empower, Industry 4.0, with a progressive production methodology that shows attention to the interaction between machine and human beings. In the literature, various authors have focused on resolving security problems in UAV communication to provide safety for vital applications. The current research article presents a Circle Search Optimization with Deep Learning Enabled Secure UAV Classification (CSODL-SUAVC) model for Industry 4.0 environment. The suggested CSODL-SUAVC methodology is aimed at accomplishing two core objectives such as secure communication via image… More >

Khalil Hamdi Ateyeh Al-Shqeerat^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.3, pp. 2095-2107, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.028975

Abstract Most remote systems require user authentication to access resources. Text-based passwords are still widely used as a standard method of user authentication. Although conventional text-based passwords are rather hard to remember, users often write their passwords down in order to compromise security. One of the most complex challenges users may face is posting sensitive data on external data centers that are accessible to others and do not be controlled directly by users. Graphical user authentication methods have recently been proposed to verify the user identity. However, the fundamental limitation of a graphical password is that it must have a colorful… More >

Kavitha Chinniyan^*, Thamil Vani Samiyappan, Aishvarya Gopu, Narmatha Ramasamy

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 1877-1891, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.027274

Abstract Steganography is the technique of hiding secret data within ordinary data by modifying pixel values which appear normal to a casual observer. Steganography which is similar to cryptography helps in secret communication. The cryptography method focuses on the authenticity and integrity of the messages by hiding the contents of the messages. Sometimes, it is not only just enough to encrypt the message but also essential to hide the existence of the message itself. As this avoids misuse of data, this kind of encryption is less suspicious and does not catch attention. To achieve this, Stacked Autoencoder model is developed which… More >

Ala’ A. Eshmawi¹, Suliman A. Alsuhibany², Sayed Abdel-Khalek³, Romany F. Mansour^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.2, pp. 4173-4184, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028008

Abstract Digital image security is a fundamental and tedious process on shared communication channels. Several methods have been employed for accomplishing security on digital image transmission, such as encryption, steganography, and watermarking. Image stenography and encryption are commonly used models to achieve improved security. Besides, optimal pixel selection process (OPSP) acts as a vital role in the encryption process. With this motivation, this study designs a new competitive swarm optimization with encryption based stenographic technique for digital image security, named CSOES-DIS technique. The proposed CSOES-DIS model aims to encrypt the secret image prior to the embedding process. In addition, the CSOES-DIS… More >

Jyoti Khandelwal¹, Vijay Kumar Sharma¹, Dilbag Singh^2,*, Atef Zaguia³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.2, pp. 3299-3312, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.023116

Abstract Digital image steganography technique based on hiding the secret data behind of cover image in such a way that it is not detected by the human visual system. This paper presents an image scrambling method that is very useful for grayscale secret images. In this method, the secret image decomposes in three parts based on the pixel's threshold value. The division of the color image into three parts is very easy based on the color channel but in the grayscale image, it is difficult to implement. The proposed image scrambling method is implemented in image steganography using discrete wavelet transform… More >

Mahmoud Ragab^1,2,3,*, Samah Alshehri⁴, Hani A. Alhadrami^5,6,7, Faris Kateb¹, Ehab Bahaudien Ashary⁸, S. Abdel-khalek^9,10

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1323-1338, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024775

Abstract Rapid advancements of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) pose serious security issues by revealing secret data. Therefore, security data becomes a crucial issue in IIoT communication where secrecy needs to be guaranteed in real time. Practically, AI techniques can be utilized to design image steganographic techniques in IIoT. In addition, encryption techniques act as an important role to save the actual information generated from the IIoT devices to avoid unauthorized access. In order to accomplish secure data transmission in IIoT environment, this study presents novel encryption with image steganography based data hiding technique (EIS-DHT) for… More >

Al Hussien Seddik Saad^1,*, M. S. Mohamed^2,3, E. H. Hafez⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2077-2091, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015329

Abstract Current image steganography methods are working by assigning an image as a cover file then embed the payload within it by modifying its pixels, creating the stego image. However, the left traces that are caused by these modifications will make steganalysis algorithms easily detect the hidden payload. A coverless data hiding concept is proposed to solve this issue. Coverless does not mean that cover is not required, or the payload can be transmitted without a cover. Instead, the payload is embedded by cover generation or a secret message mapping between the cover file and the payload. In this paper, a… More >

Adeeb M. Alhomoud^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.1, pp. 69-88, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.014773

Abstract This research article provides an up-to-date review of spatial-domain steganography. Maintaining the communication as secure as possible when transmitting secret data through any available communication channels is the target of steganography. Currently, image steganography is the most developed field, with several techniques are provided for different image formats. Therefore, the general image steganography including the fundamental concepts, the terminology, and the applications are highlighted in this paper. Further, the paper depicts the essential characteristics between information hiding and cryptography systems. In addition, recent well-known techniques in the spatial-domain steganography, such as LSB and pixel value differencing, are discussed in detail… More >

Ji-Hwei Horng¹, Juan Lin^2,*, Yanjun Liu³, Chin-Chen Chang^3,4,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.125, No.2, pp. 879-906, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.09355

Abstract By embedding secret data into cover images, image steganography can produce non-discriminable stego-images. The turtle shell model for data hiding is an excellent method that uses a reference matrix to make a good balance between image quality and embedding capacity. However, increasing the embedding capacity by extending the area of basic structures of the turtle shell model usually leads to severe degradation of image quality. In this research, we innovatively extend the basic structure of the turtle shell model into a three-dimensional (3D) space. Some intrinsic properties of the original turtle shell model are well preserved in the 3D version.… More >