Deep learning

Steganography tools

Payload (computing)

Pattern recognition (psychology)

Information hiding

Steganalysis

Data mining

Steganography

Network packet

Artificial intelligence

Generative adversarial network

Computer science

Theoretical computer science

Adversarial system

Computer security

Embedding

Classifier (UML)

Steganography is collection of methods to hide secret information (“payload”) within non-secret information “container”). Its counterpart, Steganalysis, is the practice of determining if a message contains a hidden payload, and recovering it if possible. Presence of hidden payloads is typically detected by a binary classifier. In the present study, we propose a new model for generating image-like containers based on Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks (DCGAN). This approach allows to generate more setganalysis-secure message embedding using standard steganography algorithms. Experiment results demonstrate that the new model successfully deceives the steganography analyzer, and for this reason, can be used in steganographic applications.

Steganographic generative adversarial networks