Robust Text Steganography Algorithms for Secure Data Communications

In the era of information technology, a large amount of digital information is distributed over the Internet in the form of videos, images, text, and audio. The main purpose of widespread distribution enables users to share knowledge between one another. As a result, data transmission and information sharing are effected due to malicious activities. Different techniques exist to protect user authentication, data privacy, and copyrights. Two main techniques that improve security and data protection are Cryptography and Steganography. Cryptographic algorithms convert the secret message from plain text into cipher text. Then the message is sent over the communication channel. Steganography hides a secret message inside the carrier media. This proposal will investigate different Steganography algorithms and present novel algorithms employing text file as a carrier file. The proposed model hides secret data in the text file by applying various properties into file font format by inserting special symbols in the text file. In addition, the suggested model can be applied in both Unicode and ASCII code languages, regardless of the text file format. The proposed system achieves a high degree of the main Steganography attributes like hidden ratio, robustness, and transparency. In addition, this proposal provides guidance for other researchers in text Steganography algorithms

Stinging the Predators: A collection of papers that should never have been published

This ebook collects academic papers and conference abstracts that were meant to be so terrible that nobody in their right mind would publish them. All were submitted to journals and conferences to expose weak or non-existent peer review and other exploitative practices. Each paper has a brief introduction. Short essays round out the collection