SEEK (Steganalytic vidEo-rEsearch frameworK)

拟议的研究项目旨在发现恐怖分子和同情者上传和交换的视频是否包含隐藏数据，并恢复任何此类数据，如果是为了收集有关他们计划和行动的情报。为此，我们将创建一个高性能和可扩展的视频隐写分析工具，称为Seek(隐写分析视频研究框架)。该工具将是一个能够定位、收集、分析和净化恐怖分子或其附属机构在互联网上分享的视频的系统的核心。虽然主要目的是帮助反恐和执法，主要目标是显著增强英国的安全，但Seek提案的结果也将使其他一些学科和活动受益。我们将通过提高公司，特别是视频托管或共享网站的安全性，为英国数字经济做出贡献。例如，Seek的一些输出将直接帮助公司消除任何视频中的任何隐藏数据，并在网络犯罪分子使用视频隐写术秘密渗漏被盗数据时检测和阻止数据丢失，这正成为一种日益普遍的做法。Seek作为一家商业企业也有一些潜力，将隐写分析作为一种服务(包括对其他媒体的分析)进行扩张，这可能会在英国创造就业机会并带来独特的技术专业知识。

The proposed research project aims to discover whether videos uploaded and exchanged by terrorists and sympathizers contain hidden data, and to recover any such data if this was the case for gathering intelligence on their plans and operations. For that, we will create a high performance and scalable video steganalysis tool called SEEK (Steganalytic vidEo rEsearch frameworK). The tool will be at the core of a system capable of locating, collecting, analyzing, and sanitizing videos shared on the Internet by terrorists or their affiliates.While primarily aimed at helping counter terrorism and law enforcement, with a primary objective of significantly enhancing UK security, the outcomes of the SEEK proposal will also benefit a number of other disciplines and activities. We will contribute to the UK digital economy by improving the security of companies in general and video hosting or sharing sites in particular. For instance, some of SEEKs outputs will directly help companies eliminate any hidden data in any video, and detect and stop data loss when video steganography is used by cyber criminals to exfiltrate stolen data stealthily, which is becoming an increasingly common practice. SEEK also has some potential as a business venture expanding as steganalysis as a service (including analysis of other media), which could create jobs and bring unique technological expertise in the UK.