jpeg-carver-csharp

• This repo includes an executable of C# toolbox for the orphaned jpeg fragment recovery method presented in following paper.
• This is a pure C# implemented code.
• WARNING: Check the dependency library to run the code!!!

Dependencies

• Environment: Windows OS, .Net support
• Libraries: MathNet.Numerics.dll should be in the same folder with JpegRecovery.exe.

Usage

• Example Usage: Type the following on command line or just double clickr "run.bat" file.
• JpegRecovery.exe "binary_file_name"
• Input: binary_file_name -> Binary data file e.g., raw_dragon
• Output: writes .jpg file in the same directory with input "binary_file_name" (e.g., raw_dragon.jpg)

Folder Contains

• README.md: This readme file
• JpegRecovery.exe: Our C# Orphaned Jpeg Fragment Recovery tool.
• [MathNet.Numerics.dll]: Required library should be downloaded from https://numerics.mathdotnet.com/
• run.bat: Executer batch file to test the tool quickly. (Just double click)
• raw_dragon: A sample binary file that contains only encoded data of "full_dragon.jpg" file.
• orphaned_dragon.jpg: The recovered file you should get once run.bat executed.
• full_dragon.jpg: The reference sample full Jpeg file to compare with recovered orphaned file.

Citation

• Please cite to following papers if you use this tool for academic purpose;

• E. Uzun and H. T. Sencar, “JpgScraper: An Advanced Carver for JPEG Files”, IEEETransactions on Information Forensics and Security, 2019.

• E. Uzun and H. T. Sencar, “Carving orphaned jpeg file fragments”, IEEETransactions on Information Forensics and Security, vol. 10, no. 8, pp.1549–1563, 2015.