Proposal of an optimum method of audio steganography to secure data transfer

Mst Jannatun Ferdaush ,Touhid Bhuiyan

doi:10.24294/jipd10020

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Proposal of an optimum method of audio steganography to secure data transfer

Mst Jannatun Ferdaush

Touhid Bhuiyan

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development 2025, 9(1); https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd10020

Submitted：31 Oct 2024

Accepted：31 Dec 2024

Published：13 Jan 2025

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Abstract

This paper presents an effective method for performing audio steganography, which would help in improving the security of information transmission. Audio steganography is one of the techniques for hiding secret messages within an audio file to maintain communication secrecy from unwanted listeners. Most of these conventional methods have several drawbacks related to distortion, detectability, and inefficiency. To mitigate these issues, a new scheme is presented which combines the techniques of image interpolation with LSB encoding. It selects non-seed pixels to allow reversibility and diminish distortion in medical images. Our technique also embeds a fragile watermarking scheme to identify any breach during transmission to recover data securely and reliably. A magic rectangle has also been used for encryption to enhance data security. This paper proposes a robust, low-distortion audio steganography technique that provides high data integrity with undetectability and will have wide applications in sectors like e-healthcare, corporate data security, and forensic applications. In the future, this approach will be refined for broader audio formats and overall system robustness.

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