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Quantitative steganalysis using rich models

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a regression framework for steganalysis of digital images that utilizes the recently proposed rich models - high-dimensional statistical image descriptors that have been shown to substantially improve classical (binary) steganalysis. Our proposed system is based on gradient boosting and utilizes a steganalysis-specific variant of regression trees as base learners. The conducted experiments confirm that the proposed system outperforms prior quantitative steganalysis (both structural and feature-based) across a wide range of steganographic schemes: HUGO, LSB replacement, nsF5, BCHopt, and MME3.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE-IS and T Electronic Imaging - Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics 2013
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics Conference - Burlingame, CA, United States
Duration: Feb 5 2013Feb 7 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8665

Conference

Conference2013 Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBurlingame, CA
Period02/5/1302/7/13

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