Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography
The swift advancement of information and communication technology has made it increasingly difficult to guarantee the security of transmitted data. Traditional encryption techniques, particularly in multimedia applications, frequently fail to defend against sophisticated attacks, such as chosen-plai...
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| author | Suhad Naji Alrekaby Maisa’a Abid Ali Khodher Layth Kamil Adday Reem Aljuaidi |
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| description | The swift advancement of information and communication technology has made it increasingly difficult to guarantee the security of transmitted data. Traditional encryption techniques, particularly in multimedia applications, frequently fail to defend against sophisticated attacks, such as chosen-plaintext, differential, and statistical analysis attacks. More often than not, traditional cryptographic methods lack proper diffusion and sufficient randomness, which is why they are vulnerable to these types of attacks. By combining multi-level chaotic maps with Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption, this study proposes an improved security approach for picture transmission. A hybrid chaotic system dynamically creates the encryption keys, guaranteeing high unpredictability and resistance to brute-force attacks. Next, it incorporates the encrypted images into video frames, making it challenging to find the secret data. The suggested method demonstrates its resilience to statistical attacks by achieving entropy values over 7.99 and number of pixels change rate (NPCR) values above 99.63% in contrast to traditional encryption techniques, showing how resilient it is to statistical attacks. Our hybrid approach improves data secrecy and resistance to various cryptographic attacks. Experimental results confirm the efficiency of the suggested technique by achieving entropy values around 7.99, number of pixels change rate (NPCR) values above 99.63%, and unified average changing intensity (UACI) values over 31.98%, ensuring the secure transmission of sensitive images while maintaining video imperceptibility. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ebe1ab07a37b4a6498363c13e14419f32025-08-20T02:45:52ZengMDPI AGAlgorithms1999-48932025-07-0118740610.3390/a18070406Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video SteganographySuhad Naji Alrekaby0Maisa’a Abid Ali Khodher1Layth Kamil Adday2Reem Aljuaidi3Department of Computer Engineering, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad 10016, IraqDepartment of Computer Engineering, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad 10016, IraqDepartment of Computer Engineering, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad 10016, IraqDepartment of Computer Engineering, College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16278, Saudi ArabiaThe swift advancement of information and communication technology has made it increasingly difficult to guarantee the security of transmitted data. Traditional encryption techniques, particularly in multimedia applications, frequently fail to defend against sophisticated attacks, such as chosen-plaintext, differential, and statistical analysis attacks. More often than not, traditional cryptographic methods lack proper diffusion and sufficient randomness, which is why they are vulnerable to these types of attacks. By combining multi-level chaotic maps with Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption, this study proposes an improved security approach for picture transmission. A hybrid chaotic system dynamically creates the encryption keys, guaranteeing high unpredictability and resistance to brute-force attacks. Next, it incorporates the encrypted images into video frames, making it challenging to find the secret data. The suggested method demonstrates its resilience to statistical attacks by achieving entropy values over 7.99 and number of pixels change rate (NPCR) values above 99.63% in contrast to traditional encryption techniques, showing how resilient it is to statistical attacks. Our hybrid approach improves data secrecy and resistance to various cryptographic attacks. Experimental results confirm the efficiency of the suggested technique by achieving entropy values around 7.99, number of pixels change rate (NPCR) values above 99.63%, and unified average changing intensity (UACI) values over 31.98%, ensuring the secure transmission of sensitive images while maintaining video imperceptibility.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/18/7/406AES encryption algorithmchaotic mapssecure data transmissionsteganographyvideo processing |
| spellingShingle | Suhad Naji Alrekaby Maisa’a Abid Ali Khodher Layth Kamil Adday Reem Aljuaidi Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography Algorithms AES encryption algorithm chaotic maps secure data transmission steganography video processing |
| title | Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography |
| title_full | Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography |
| title_fullStr | Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography |
| title_short | Secure Image Transmission Using Multilevel Chaotic Encryption and Video Steganography |
| title_sort | secure image transmission using multilevel chaotic encryption and video steganography |
| topic | AES encryption algorithm chaotic maps secure data transmission steganography video processing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/18/7/406 |
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