Author : A. Poonguzhali 1
Date of Publication :16th May 2017
Abstract: Cryptography and steganography are two conventional techniques used to cipher or hide information or data in existing communication. Cryptography is the art of saving information by encrypting it into an obscure format. On the other hand, steganography is the art and science of secret communication to send messages in a way which hides even the existence of the communication. Although cryptography and steganography provide an acceptable level of security when used separately via communicating in the unreliable medium like the Internet, advances in steganalysis make it a constantly an evolving field. This project aims to improve a new scheme of hiding a secret image in a cover image, by exploiting the benefits of combining both cryptography and steganography.The security of the images has always been a concern while transferring the images over the internet. In the proposed framework, the secret Image is encrypted using XOR Cipher Algorithm and embedded into the cover image using LSB Algorithm.Finally the encrypted secret image file is extracted from embedded cover image using LSB algorithm and decrypting the secret image again using Stream cipher algorithm to recover the original image.
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