Analysis of Facebook steganographic capabilities

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Abstract

The massive information-sharing capabilities and global reach of Facebook are of great interest to organizations of all types, including those with malicious and/or illegal intents. Our main findings in this research include the following. Steganography can be employed to send covert information via Facebook photos and potentially videos as well. Facebook Cover Photos can effectively utilize steganography, of at least 15.75% capacity using DCT coefficient embedding algorithms. Network traffic analysis determined no distinguishable differences between network traffic patterns of normal images and cover photos as they were uploaded to the Facebook servers. Firewall rules can be written to block all image uploads to Facebook.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages67-71
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479969593
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 26 2015
Event2015 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2015 - Garden Grove, United States
Duration: Feb 16 2015Feb 19 2015

Publication series

Name2015 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2015

Conference

Conference2015 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGarden Grove
Period02/16/1502/19/15

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

Keywords

  • Facebook
  • Information Hiding
  • Social Media
  • Steganography

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