Title :
A cautionary note on image downgrading
Author :
Kurak, Charles ; McHugh, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, NC, USA
fDate :
30 Nov-4 Dec 1992
Abstract :
The results of an experiment that shows that it is very simple to contaminate digital images with information that can later be extracted are presented. This contamination cannot be detected when the image is displayed on a good quality graphics workstation. Based on these results, it is recommended that image downgrading based on visual display of the image to be downgraded not be performed if there is any threat of image contamination by Trojan horse programs. Potential Trojan horse programs may include untrusted image processing software
Keywords :
computer viruses; image processing; Trojan horse programs; digital images; graphics workstation; image downgrading; untrusted image processing software; Computer displays; Computer science; Contamination; Digital images; Graphics; Image processing; Invasive software; Multilevel systems; Terminology; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Security Applications Conference, 1992. Proceedings., Eighth Annual
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3115-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSAC.1992.228224
