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<p>In this study we propose a new approach to tackle the cropping problem in steganography which is called Center Embedded Pixel Positioning (CEPP) which is based on Least Significant Bit (LSB) Matching by setting the secret image in the center of the cover image. The evaluation of the experiment indicated that the secret image can be retrieved by a maximum of total 40% sequential cropping on the left, right, up, and bottom of the cover image. The secret image also can be retrieved if the total asymmetric cropping area is 25% that covered two sides (either left-right, left-up or right-up). In addition, the secret image can also be retrieved if the total asymmetric cropping area is 70% if the bottom part is included. If asymmetric cropping area included three sides, then the algorithm fails to retrieve the secret image. For cropping in the botom the secret image can be extracted up to 70%.</p>
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In this study we propose a new approach to tackle the cropping problem in steganography which is called Center Embedded Pixel Positioning (CEPP) which is based on Least Significant Bit (LSB) Matching by setting the secret image in the center of the cover image. The evaluation of the experiment indicated that the secret image can be retrieved by a maximum of total 40% sequential cropping on the left, right, up, and bottom of the cover image. The secret image also can be retrieved if the total asymmetric cropping area is 25% that covered two sides (either left-right, left-up or right-up). In addition, the secret image can also be retrieved if the total asymmetric cropping area is 70% if the bottom part is included. If asymmetric cropping area included three sides, then the algorithm fails to retrieve the secret image. For cropping in the botom the secret image can be extracted up to 70%.

A New Digital Image Steganography Based on Center Embedded Pixel Positioning

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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In this study we propose a new approach to tackle the cropping problem in steganography which is called Center Embedded Pixel Positioning (CEPP) which is based...

A New Digital Image Steganography Based on Center Embedded Pixel Positioning

Published Online: Jul 01, 2021

Page range: 89 - 104

Received: Dec 15, 2020

Accepted: Apr 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2021-0021

Keywords
Cover image, cropping, security, stego image, steganography

© 2021 Dedi Darwis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A New Digital Image Steganography Based on Center Embedded Pixel Positioning

Published Online: Jul 01, 2021

Page range: 89 - 104

Received: Dec 15, 2020

Accepted: Apr 28, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2021-0021

KeywordsCover image, cropping, security, stego image, steganography

© 2021 Dedi Darwis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Cover image, cropping, security, stego image, steganography