Secure Image Steganography with AES Encryption and BB84 Quantum Key Exchange

This research combines the BB84 quantum key exchange protocol with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption to investigate a new method of secure image steganography. Strong data protection is guaranteed by AES encryption, and safe key distribution is provided by BB84, which uses quantum key distribution (QKD) to reduce the iterations for monitoring. By combining the two, the steganographic approach becomes much more resilient to cryptographic assaults while maintaining secrecy and integrity. This method provides a major improvement in secure communication and is perfect for sending sensitive data when privacy is of the utmost importance.