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LSB Steganography: by Tejasram (A046) & Soham Nanavati (A039)

The document discusses Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography. It defines steganography as hiding messages within other seemingly harmless carriers or covers like text, images, videos, etc. The key steps of the LSB steganography algorithm are described as embedding the binary converted secret message into the LSB of pixels in a cover image and extracting the message from the stego image. Applications mentioned include smart IDs, media databases, and confidential communication.

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LSB Steganography: by Tejasram (A046) & Soham Nanavati (A039)

The document discusses Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography. It defines steganography as hiding messages within other seemingly harmless carriers or covers like text, images, videos, etc. The key steps of the LSB steganography algorithm are described as embedding the binary converted secret message into the LSB of pixels in a cover image and extracting the message from the stego image. Applications mentioned include smart IDs, media databases, and confidential communication.

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LSB STEGANOGRAPHY

BY TEJASRAM (A046) & SOHAM NANAVATI (A039)


INTRODUCTION

 The word steganography is derived from a Greek words Steganos- “covered” and graphia- “Writing”.
 Steganography is to hide messages in such a way no one apart from the intended recipient knows the existence of
the message.
 This can be achieved by concealing existence of information within seemingly harmless carriers or covers ( text,
image, video, etc)
 Steganography is different from cryptography. Cryptography involves creation of ciphers while steganography
hides messages.
FLOWCHART FOR LSB STEGANOGRAPHY
ALGORITHM
 Algorithm to embed the text message:-
 Step 1: Read the cover image and the text message which is to be hidden in the cover image.
 Step 2: Convert the text message in binary format.
 Step 3: Calculate the LSB of each pixel of the cover image.
 Step 4: Replace the cover image of the LSB with each bit of secret message one by one.
 Step 5: Write stego image
 Step 6: Calculate the Mean square Error (MSE) and the Peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) of the stego image.
 Algorithm to retrieve text message:-
 Step 1: Read the stego image.
 Step 2: Calculate LSB of each pixels of stego image.
 Step 3: Retrieve bits and convert each 8 bit into character.
ENCODE FILE
 clc
 im1 = imread('image.png');

 message = fileread('message.txt');
 message_binary = reshape(dec2bin(message, 8)', 1, []);

 message_size = length(message_binary);
 [l,w,b] = size(im1);
 cover_size = l*w*b
 if (message_size > cover_size)
 disp('Message too large for image.');
 end
ENCODE FILE

 im2 = im1;
 i = 1; j = 1; k=1;
 for a = 1 : length(message_binary)
 if (k > 3)
 k = 1;
 j = j + 1;
 end
 if (j > w)
 i = i + 1;
 j = 1;
 end
ENCODE FILE

 temp_pixel = dec2bin(im1(i, j, k), 8);


 LSB = temp_pixel(8);
 SM = message_binary(a);
 if (LSB ~= SM)
 if (LSB == '1')
 im2(i, j, k) = im1(i, j, k) - 1;
 else
 im2(i, j, k) = im1(i, j, k) + 1;
 end
 end
 k = k + 1;
 end
ENCODE FILE

 imwrite(im2, 'stego.png');

 figure;
 subplot(1,2,1), imshow(im1), title('Original Image');
 subplot(1,2,2), imshow(im2), title('Secret Image');
OUTPUT- ENCODE FILE
DECODE FILE

 delimiter = '%';
 clc
 im1 = imread('stego.png');
 % figure(1), imshow(im1); title('Original Image');
 [l,w,b] = size(im1);
 cover_size = l*w*b;
 message = '';
 char_stream = '';
 i = 1; j = 1; k=1;
DECODE FILE

 while (true)
 if (k > 3)
 k = 1;
 j = j + 1;
 end
 if (j > w)
 i = i + 1;
 j = 1;
 end
 if (i > l)
 break;
 end
DECODE FILE
 temp_pixel = dec2bin(im1(i, j, k), 8);
 LSB = temp_pixel(8);
 char_stream = strcat(char_stream, num2str(LSB));

 if length(char_stream) == 8
 new_char = char(bin2dec(char_stream));
 message = horzcat(message, new_char);
 if (new_char == delimiter)
 break;
 end
 char_stream = '';
 end

 k = k + 1;
DECODE FILE

 secret_file = fopen('secret.txt','wb');
 fwrite(secret_file, message);
 fclose(secret_file);

 disp(message);
OUTPUT- DECODE FILE
APPLICATIONS

 Smart ID where data is embedded in the picture of the person


 Media data base system
 Confidentional communication and secret data storing.
 Protection of data alteration
 In modern printer
REFERENCES

 https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/41326-steganography-using-lsb-substitution
 Research paper by Rahul Joshi, Lokesh Gagani, Saloney pandey. Published in IJARCET

http://ijarcet.org/wp-content/uploads/IJARCET-VOL-2-ISSUE-1-228-229.pdf
 Research paper by Champakamala .B.S, Padmini.K, Radhika .D. K . Published in IJACT

http://ijact.org/volume3issue4/IJ0340004.pdf

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