Concealing Encrypted Messages: Integrating Symmetric Key Cryptography with Image Steganography
Aditya Patil Patil
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Abstract
With the rapid growth of digital communication, ensuring data confidentiality and security has become a critical challenge. While cryptography is widely used to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access, its presence can raise suspicion when intercepted. Steganography, on the other hand, allows covert communication by hiding information within digital media. This research focuses on integrating symmetric key cryptography, specifically the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), with image steganography using the Least Significant Bit (LSB) embedding technique to enhance security and imperceptibility.
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Copyright © 2025 Aditya Patil. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.