Research Project: Steganalysis
In collaboration with the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics at Tübingen, we investigate whether new image models can be used to detect hidden messages in images. As a first step, we compare several image models and use a developed machine learning technique for statistical analysis.
Based on this study, results were presented at several international conferences. Furthermore, a short media contribution was broadcast on SWR 4 and Deutschlandradio and SWR Baden-Württemberg (TV).
This project (together with our industry partner Medav GmbH, Ilmenau, and Prof. Dr. A. Schilling from the University of Tübingen) is supported by a BMBF grant.
The goal of this project is the development of new and more powerful steganalysis methods for images, especially tools for the so-called universal steganalysis, i.e., steganalysis without knowing the specific method of steganographic manipulation. Universal steganalysis requires the statistical characterisation of unmanipulated images. In our case, we will build on our previous experience in image modeling (e.g., our kernel PCA or Wiener series image model) to describe the typical properties of unmanipulated images. A significant deviation from these properties in an image could be used to detect a steganographic manipulation.