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A Secure Audio Encryption Method Using Tent-Controlled Permutation and Logistic Map-Based Key Generation

Ibtisam A. Taqi^*, Sarab M. Hameed

Computer Science Department, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, 10001, Iraq

* Corresponding Author: Ibtisam A. Taqi. Email:

Computers, Materials & Continua 2025, 85(1), 1653-1674. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2025.067524

Received 06 May 2025; Accepted 07 July 2025; Issue published 29 August 2025

Abstract

The exponential growth of audio data shared over the internet and communication channels has raised significant concerns about the security and privacy of transmitted information. Due to high processing requirements, traditional encryption algorithms demand considerable computational effort for real-time audio encryption. To address these challenges, this paper presents a permutation for secure audio encryption using a combination of Tent and 1D logistic maps. The audio data is first shuffled using Tent map for the random permutation. The high random secret key with a length equal to the size of the audio data is then generated using a 1D logistic map. Finally, the Exclusive OR (XOR) operation is applied between the generated key and the shuffled audio to yield the cipher audio. The experimental results prove that the proposed method surpassed the other techniques by encrypting two types of audio files, as mono and stereo audio files with large sizes up to 122 MB, different sample rates 22,050, 44,100, 48,000, and 96,000 for WAV and 44,100 sample rates for MP3 of size 11 MB. The results show high Mean Square Error (MSE), low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), spectral distortion, 100% Number of Sample Change Rate (NSCR), high Percent Residual Deviation (PRD), low Correlation Coefficient (CC), large key space 2⁶¹⁶, high sensitivity to a slight change in the secret key and that it can counter several attacks, namely brute force attack, statistical attack, differential attack, and noise attack.

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