Steganography is a vital technique for transferring confidential information via an insecure network. In
addition, digital images are used as a cover to communicate sensitive information. The Least Significant
Bit (LSB) method is one of the simplest ways to insert secret data into a cover image. In this paper, the
secret text is compressed twice by an Arithmetic coding algorithm, and the resulting secret bits are hidden
in the cover pixels of the image corresponding to the pixels of each of the following three methods, one of
three methods is used in each experiment: The first method, the edges of the image are modified to increase
the number of edges, in the second method the lighter-colored regions are selected, and in the third
method, the two methods are combined together to increase security and keep the secret message
unrecognized. Hiding in each of the previous methods is done by using the LSB technique in the last 2-bit.
The correction approach is used to increase the stego image's imperceptibility. The experimental results
show that with an average message size of 29.8 kb, the average Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) for the
second proposed (Light regions) method equals 62.76 dB and for the third proposed (Edge and region)
method equals 62.72 dB, which is a reasonable result when compared to other steganographic techniques. |
