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We propose an effective attack based on exposure time change and image fusion, called ETC attack. First, the ETC attack simulates a set of images with different exposure time using the watermarked image. Then it applies an image fusion method to blend the multiple images mentioned above and thus generates a new image similar to the original one. In this paper, we describe the rationale of the attack. To illustrate the effect of the ETC attack, we present the results of the ETC attack against one watermarking scheme Iterative Watermarking Embedding. It can be shown that the ETC attack has an important impact on watermark decoding and detection, while not severely reducing the quality of the image.
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Li, K., Zhang, D., Chen, Dr. (2009). Exposure Time Change Attack on Image Watermarking Systems. In: Kim, HJ., Katzenbeisser, S., Ho, A.T.S. (eds) Digital Watermarking. IWDW 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5450. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04438-0_15
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