Forensic Video Steganalysis in Spatial Domain by Noise Residual Convolutional Neural Network

This research evaluates a convolutional neural network (CNN) based approach to forensic video steganalysis. A video steganography dataset is created to train a CNN to conduct forensic steganalysis in the spatial domain. We use a noise residual convolutional neural network to detect embedded secrets since a steganographic embedding process will always result in the modification of pixel values in video frames. Experimental results show that the CNN-based approach can be an effective method for forensic video steganalysis and can reach a detection rate of 99.96%. Keywords: Forensic, Steganalysis, Deep Steganography, MSU StegoVideo, Convolutional Neural Network

Hybrid Cryptography and Steganography-Based Security System for IoT Networks

Despite the fact that many IoT devices are publicly accessible to everyone on the network, understanding the security risks and threats posed by cyber attacks is critical; as a result, it should be safeguarded. Plain text is constructed into encrypted text, before being delivered by using cryptography, and is then reconstructed back to plain text after receiving a response from the recipient. The steganography technique can be used to hide sensitive information incorporated in a text, audio, or video file. One approach is to hide data in bits that correspond to successive rows of pixels with the same color in an image file.  As a consequence, the image file retains the original's appearance while also containing "noise" patterns made out of common, unencrypted data. To do this, the encrypted data is subtly applied to the redundant data. In this work, it is suggested that IoT network data be encrypted using cryptography, and that an encrypted message be concealed inside an image file using steganography. Additionally, it is suggested to enhance the number of bits that may be stored within a single picture pixel.  The payload that may be sent through an image is significantly increased by incorporating Convolutional Neural Networks into the classic steganography technique. In this work, we propose, design, and train Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to enhance the amount of data that can be securely encrypted and decrypted to show the original message

Detecting browser drive-by exploits in images using deep learning

Steganography is the set of techniques aiming to hide information in messages as images. Recently, stenographic techniques have been combined with polyglot attacks to deliver exploits in Web browsers. Machine learning approaches have been proposed in previous works as a solution for detecting stenography in images, but the specifics of hiding exploit code have not been systematically addressed to date. This paper proposes the use of deep learning methods for such detection, accounting for the specifics of the situation in which the images and the malicious content are delivered using Spatial and Frequency Domain Steganography algorithms. The methods were evaluated by using benchmark image databases with collections of JavaScript exploits, for different density levels and steganographic techniques in images. A convolutional neural network was built to classify the infected images with a validation accuracy around 98.61% and a validation AUC score of 99.75%