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.

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)

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.

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.