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Volume: 37 | Article ID: MWSF-299
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Transformers for Pooled Steganalysis
  DOI :  10.2352/EI.2025.37.4.MWSF-299  Published OnlineFebruary 2025
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In batch steganography, the sender communicates a secret message by hiding it in a bag of cover objects. The adversary performs the so-called pooled steganalysis in that she inspects the entire bag to detect the presence of secrets. This is typically realized by using a detector trained to detect secrets within a single object, applying it to all objects in the bag, and feeding the detector outputs to a pooling function to obtain the final detection statistic. This paper deals with the problem of building the pooler while keeping in mind that the Warden will need to be able to detect steganography in variable size bags carrying variable payload. We propose a flexible machine learning solution to this challenge in the form of a Transformer Encoder Pooler, which is easily trained to be agnostic to the bag size and payload and offers a better detection accuracy than previously proposed poolers.

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Edgar Kaziakhmedov, Jessica Fridrich, "Transformers for Pooled Steganalysisin Electronic Imaging,  2025,  pp 299-1 - 299-10,  https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2025.37.4.MWSF-299

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