Tampering attacks on binary phase only filter-based watermarking schemes for image authentication

Gang Cao; Yao Zhao; Rongrong Ni

doi:10.1117/1.3579458

1 May 2011 Tampering attacks on binary phase only filter-based watermarking schemes for image authentication

Gang Cao, Yao Zhao, Rongrong Ni

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 50, Issue 5, 057004 (May 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3579458

Abstract

Recently, a category of watermarking techniques based on binary phase-only filter (BPOF) has been proposed for image authentication. In such techniques, the authentication is implemented by evaluating the correlation between Fourier phase information and the hidden watermark bitplane. In this paper, we reveal the security flaws of BPOF-based watermarking algorithms and propose sophisticated tampering attacks against them. We show how the attacker can easily tamper with a watermarked image without being detected. Experimental results demonstrate that our attacks are successful in tampering watermarked images. The watermarking schemes are proven to be fundamentally flawed.

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Gang Cao, Yao Zhao, and Rongrong Ni "Tampering attacks on binary phase only filter-based watermarking schemes for image authentication," Optical Engineering 50(5), 057004 (1 May 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3579458

Published: 1 May 2011

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