Review of JPEG Steganography Methods and Their Security Analysis

JPEG is the most applicable image format in digital communication. In recent years, various steganography methods have been proposed for it. This paper aims to study and classify JPEG steganography schemes and introduce different methods to improve their security based on cover. Accordingly, the effective factors in security that are related to the cover such as double compression, spatial frequencies and quality factor have been evaluated theoretically and experimentally. Also some well-known steganography algorithms and software tools have been introduced, evaluated and classified based on different criteria. Some of these algorithms have been implemented in Stegotest software and the destruction effects of steganography in different methods have been compared.