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An end-to-end audio steganalysis framework utilizing a subtractive sample adjacency matrix and statistical feature fusion achieves 97.15% average detection accuracy for identifying, extracting, and classifying hidden payloads. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To develop an end-to-end audio steganalysis framework capable of detecting hidden messages, extracting embedded payloads, and classifying them as benign or malicious.

September 14, 2026ETRI JournalOpen Access

End‐to‐end audio steganalysis and payload classification using SSAM and statistical feature fusion

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JSJ. StellaVelammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute KPKarthikeyan PathinettampadianVelammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute

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Computational evaluation demonstrates 97.15% average detection accuracy in stego audio, indicating improved capabilities for cybercrime forensics.

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To develop an end-to-end audio steganalysis framework capable of detecting hidden messages, extracting embedded payloads, and classifying them as benign or malicious.
Applied a subtractive sample adjacency matrix (SSAM) combined with ant colony optimization for blind audio feature extraction and classifier enhancement.
Integrated an embedded payload extraction decoder followed by payload classification using a rule-based heuristic and a random forest classifier.
Evaluated system performance across two benchmark audio datasets under varying embedding rates.
Achieved an overall average detection accuracy of 97.15% across two benchmark datasets for steganographic audio.
Demonstrated robust detection and extraction performance across varying embedding rates.

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Stella et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b3aa0926e14a848b2d4a https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.2025-0212

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Computational evaluation demonstrates 97.15% average detection accuracy in stego audio, indicating improved capabilities for cybercrime forensics.

End‐to‐end audio steganalysis and payload classification using SSAM and statistical feature fusion

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