Ba-Lam Do^*, Van-Thanh Nguyen, Hoang-Nam Dinh, Thanh-Chung Dao, BinhMinh Nguyen

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.43, No.2, pp. 591-604, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.023508

Abstract In recent years, blockchain technology has been applied in the educational domain because of its salient advantages, i.e., transparency, decentralization, and immutability. Available systems typically use public blockchain networks such as Ethereum and Bitcoin to store learning results. However, the cost of writing data on these networks is significant, making educational institutions limit data sent to the target network, typically containing only hash codes of the issued certificates. In this paper, we present a system based on a private blockchain network for lifelong learning data authentication and management named B4E (Blockchain For Education). B4E stores not only certificates but also… More >

P. Saravanakumar¹, T. V. P. Sundararajan², Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj³, Kashif Nisar^4,*, Fida Hussain Memon^5,6, Ag. Asri Bin Ag. Ibrahim⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.3, pp. 1835-1847, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.018953

Abstract Confidentiality and data integrity are essential paradigms in data aggregation owing to the various cyberattacks in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This study proposes a novel technique named Lamport certificateless signcryption-based shift-invariant connectionist artificial deep neural networks (LCS-SICADNN) by using artificial deep neural networks to develop the data aggregation security model. This model utilises the input layer with several sensor nodes, four hidden layers to overcome different attacks (data injection, compromised node, Sybil and black hole attacks) and the output layer to analyse the given input. The Lamport one-time certificateless signcryption technique involving three different processes (key generation, signcryption and unsigncryption)… More >

Usman Ali^1,2, Mohd Yamani Idna Idris^1,3,*, Jaroslav Frnda⁴, Mohamad Nizam Bin Ayub¹, Roobaea Alroobaea⁵, Fahad Almansour⁶, Nura Modi Shagari¹, Insaf Ullah⁷, Ihsan Ali¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 2515-2532, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019800

Abstract Industrial internet of things (IIoT) is the usage of internet of things (IoT) devices and applications for the purpose of sensing, processing and communicating real-time events in the industrial system to reduce the unnecessary operational cost and enhance manufacturing and other industrial-related processes to attain more profits. However, such IoT based smart industries need internet connectivity and interoperability which makes them susceptible to numerous cyber-attacks due to the scarcity of computational resources of IoT devices and communication over insecure wireless channels. Therefore, this necessitates the design of an efficient security mechanism for IIoT environment. In this paper, we propose a… More >

Saddam Hussain¹, Syed Sajid Ullah^2,*, Mohammad Shorfuzzaman³, Mueen Uddin⁴, Mohammed Kaosar⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 983-993, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.019486

Abstract Recently, Khan et al. [An online-offline certificateless signature scheme for internet of health things,” Journal of Healthcare Engineering, vol. 2020] presented a new certificateless offline/online signature scheme for Internet of Health Things (IoHT) to fulfill the authenticity requirements of the resource-constrained environment of (IoHT) devices. The authors claimed that the newly proposed scheme is formally secured against Type-I adversary under the Random Oracle Model (ROM). Unfortunately, their scheme is insecure against adaptive chosen message attacks. It is demonstrated that an adversary can forge a valid signature on a message by replacing the public key. Furthermore, we performed a comparative analysis… More >

Yong-Woon Hwang, Im-Yeong Lee^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 1747-1764, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018549

Abstract Recently, with the advancement of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Internet of Things (IoT) has been connected to the cloud and used in industrial sectors, medical environments, and smart grids. However, if data is transmitted in plain text when collecting data in an IoT-cloud environment, it can be exposed to various security threats such as replay attacks and data forgery. Thus, digital signatures are required. Data integrity is ensured when a user (or a device) transmits data using a signature. In addition, the concept of data aggregation is important to efficiently collect data transmitted from multiple users (or a devices)… More >

Cui Li^{1, *}, Gang Wu¹, Lipeng Xing¹, Feng Zhu¹, Liang Zhao²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.63, No.2, pp. 725-742, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.07188

Abstract The Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is the fundamental of smart transportation system in the future, but the security of the communication between vehicles and vehicles, between vehicles and roadside infrastructures have become increasingly prominent. Certificateless aggregate signature protocol is used to address this security issue, but the existing schemes still have many drawbacks in terms of security and efficiency: First, many schemes are not secure, and signatures can be forged by the attacker; Second, even if some scheme are secure, many schemes use a large number of bilinear pairing operation, and the computation overhead is large. At the same time,… More >

Yong Chen^1,*, Lei Cui¹, Chong Wang²

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 41-48, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2019.06283

Abstract In order to solve the problem of data island in the safety management of offshore oil and gas fields, take full advantage of data for subsequent analysis and development, and support production safety management of oil and gas fields, the MES, which is maturely applied in manufacturing and downstream production of CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation), is introduced by the petroleum administration at the eastern South China sea. The system adopts the real-time database and relational database to collect the scattered structured data, such as evidence information of offshore oil and gas production facilities personnel, on-site hidden danger information… More >