Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography

Steganography is a form of security technique through obscurity; the science and art of hiding the existence of a message between sender and intended recipient. Steganography has been used to hide secret messages in various types of files, including digital images, audio and video. The three most im...

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spelling my-utm-ep.8472017-09-20T03:37:30Z Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography 2010-12 Zamani, Mazdak QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Steganography is a form of security technique through obscurity; the science and art of hiding the existence of a message between sender and intended recipient. Steganography has been used to hide secret messages in various types of files, including digital images, audio and video. The three most important parameters for audio steganography are imperceptibility, payload (bit rate or capacity), and robustness. Any technique which tries to improve the payload or robustness should preserve imperceptibility. The noise which is introduced due to bit modification would limit payload. This research focuses on audio steganography, particularly with respect to Waveform Audio File Format (WAV) files. The Least Significant Bit (LSB) is used as a type of substitution technique. In order to increase the payload and improve the imperceptibility, Genetic Substitution-Based Audio Steganography (GSBAS) was proposed. GSBAS is based on LSB and enhanced with the concept of genetic algorithm. GSBAS is benchmarked against Ordinary Substitution-Based Audio Steganography (OSBAS). The results showed that in comparison with OSBAS, the payload is considerably increased and Peak Signal-Noise Ratio (PSNR) is noticeably raised. The experiments showed that GSBAS gives promising result with high average payload and imperceptibility. 2010-12 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/847/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/847/19/MazdakZamaniPFSKSM2010.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems Faculty of Computer Science and Information System
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic QA75 Electronic computers
Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers
Computer science
Zamani, Mazdak
Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
description Steganography is a form of security technique through obscurity; the science and art of hiding the existence of a message between sender and intended recipient. Steganography has been used to hide secret messages in various types of files, including digital images, audio and video. The three most important parameters for audio steganography are imperceptibility, payload (bit rate or capacity), and robustness. Any technique which tries to improve the payload or robustness should preserve imperceptibility. The noise which is introduced due to bit modification would limit payload. This research focuses on audio steganography, particularly with respect to Waveform Audio File Format (WAV) files. The Least Significant Bit (LSB) is used as a type of substitution technique. In order to increase the payload and improve the imperceptibility, Genetic Substitution-Based Audio Steganography (GSBAS) was proposed. GSBAS is based on LSB and enhanced with the concept of genetic algorithm. GSBAS is benchmarked against Ordinary Substitution-Based Audio Steganography (OSBAS). The results showed that in comparison with OSBAS, the payload is considerably increased and Peak Signal-Noise Ratio (PSNR) is noticeably raised. The experiments showed that GSBAS gives promising result with high average payload and imperceptibility.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Zamani, Mazdak
author_facet Zamani, Mazdak
author_sort Zamani, Mazdak
title Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
title_short Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
title_full Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
title_fullStr Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
title_full_unstemmed Genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
title_sort genetic based substitution techniques for audio steganography
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Systems
granting_department Faculty of Computer Science and Information System
publishDate 2010
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/847/19/MazdakZamaniPFSKSM2010.pdf
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