Improved LSB Based Image Steganography Using Linked Pixel Technique: A Linked-List Inspired Approach

Image steganography is the art of hiding data into images. Secret data such as messages, audio, images can be hidden inside the cover image. This is mainly achieved by hiding the data into the LSB (Least Significant Bit) of the image pixels. To improve the security of steganography, this paper introduces LPS (Least Significant Bit Plane Steganography), a novel approach inspired by linked lists, which diverges from traditional LSB techniques. LPS utilizes the LSB of each channel to encode both data and pointers to subsequent pixels, creating a linked-list-like structure within the image.