# Spatial Image Steganography Based on Generative Adversarial Network

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.07939 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.07939/

## Key facts

- Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 21 Apr 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [PRIS: Practical robust invertible network for image steganography](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.13620/) (2023)
- [Implicit Steganography Beyond the Constraints of Modality](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2312.05496/) (2023)
- [Image Steganography based on Iteratively Adversarial Samples of A Synchronized-directions Sub-image](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.05209/) (2021)
- [Deniable Steganography](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.12587/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

With the recent development of deep learning on steganalysis, embedding secret information into digital images faces great challenges. In this paper, a secure steganography algorithm by using adversarial training is proposed. The architecture contain three component modules: a generator, an embedding simulator and a discriminator. A generator based on U-NET to translate a cover image into an embedding change probability is proposed. To fit the optimal embedding simulator and propagate the gradient, a function called Tanh-simulator is proposed. As for the discriminator, the selection-channel awareness (SCA) is incorporated to resist the SCA based steganalytic methods. Experimental results have shown that the proposed framework can increase the security performance dramatically over the recently reported method ASDL-GAN, while the training time is only 30% of that used by ASDL-GAN. Furthermore, it also performs better than the hand-crafted steganographic algorithm S-UNIWARD.