Yan Sun^1,2,*, Cun Zhu¹, Qi Cui³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 1817-1825, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.029408 - 18 May 2022

Abstract Research on the feature of speech and image signals are carried out from two perspectives, the time domain and the frequency domain. The speech and image signals are a non-stationary signal, so FT is not used for the non-stationary characteristics of the signal. When short-term stable speech is obtained by windowing and framing the subsequent processing of the signal is completed by the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT). The Fast Discrete Fourier Transform is a commonly used analysis method for speech and image signal processing in frequency domain. It has the problem of adjusting window size to More >

Muhammad Islam Kamran¹, Muazzam A. Khan¹, Suliman A. Alsuhibany², Yazeed Yasin Ghadi³, Arshad⁴, Jameel Arif¹, Jawad Ahmad^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 657-672, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028876 - 18 May 2022

Abstract The use of multimedia data sharing has drastically increased in the past few decades due to the revolutionary improvements in communication technologies such as the 4th generation (4G) and 5th generation (5G) etc. Researchers have proposed many image encryption algorithms based on the classical random walk and chaos theory for sharing an image in a secure way. Instead of the classical random walk, this paper proposes the quantum walk to achieve high image security. Classical random walk exhibits randomness due to the stochastic transitions between states, on the other hand, the quantum walk is more… More >

Fadia Ali Khan¹, Jameel Ahmed¹, Fehaid Alqahtani², Suliman A. Alsuhibany³, Fawad Ahmed⁴, Jawad Ahmad^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 279-294, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028789 - 18 May 2022

Abstract In this paper, we present an image encryption scheme based on the multi-stage chaos-based image encryption algorithm. The method works on the principle of confusion and diffusion. The proposed scheme containing both confusion and diffusion modules are highly secure and effective as compared to the existing schemes. Initially, an image (red, green, and blue components) is partitioned into blocks with an equal number of pixels. Each block is then processed with Tinkerbell Chaotic Map (TBCM) to get shuffled pixels and shuffled blocks. Composite Fractal Function (CFF) change the value of pixels of each color component More >

Mohammad Alamgeer¹, Saud S. Alotaibi², Shaha Al-Otaibi³, Nazik Alturki³, Anwer Mustafa Hilal^4,*, Abdelwahed Motwakel⁴, Ishfaq Yaseen⁴, Mohamed I. Eldesouki⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 1159-1175, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028275 - 18 May 2022

Abstract Latest developments in computing and communication technologies are enabled the design of connected healthcare system which are mainly based on IoT and Edge technologies. Blockchain, data encryption, and deep learning (DL) models can be utilized to design efficient security solutions for IoT healthcare applications. In this aspect, this article introduces a Blockchain with privacy preserving image encryption and optimal deep learning (BPPIE-ODL) technique for IoT healthcare applications. The proposed BPPIE-ODL technique intends to securely transmit the encrypted medical images captured by IoT devices and performs classification process at the cloud server. The proposed BPPIE-ODL technique… More >

Qingbing Ji^1,2,*, Zhihong Rao^1,2, Lvlin Ni², Wei Zhao², Jing Fu³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 817-829, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026949 - 18 May 2022

Abstract MEGA is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage platform controlled by users. Moreover, the communication between MEGA client and server is carried out under the protection of Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption, it is difficult to intercept the key data packets in the process of MEGA registration, login, file data upload, and download. These characteristics of MEGA have brought great difficulties to its forensics. This paper presents a method to attack MEGA to provide an effective method for MEGA’s forensics. By debugging the open-source code of MEGA and analyzing the security white paper published, this paper More >

Hyun Sook Rhee^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 69-85, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026751 - 18 May 2022

Abstract As the use of cloud storage for various services increases, the amount of private personal information along with data stored in the cloud storage is also increasing. To remotely use the data stored on the cloud storage, the data to be stored needs to be encrypted for this reason. Since “searchable encryption” is enable to search on the encrypted data without any decryption, it is one of convenient solutions for secure data management. A public key encryption with keyword search (for short, PEKS) is one of searchable encryptions. Abdalla et al. firstly defined IND-CCA security… More >

Taek-Young Youn¹, Nam-Su Jho^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 151-164, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026653 - 18 May 2022

Abstract

Due to the development of 5G communication, many aspects of information technology (IT) services are changing. With the development of communication technologies such as 5G, it has become possible to provide IT services that were difficult to provide in the past. One of the services made possible through this change is cloud-based collaboration. In order to support secure collaboration over cloud, encryption technology to securely manage dynamic data is essential. However, since the existing encryption technology is not suitable for encryption of dynamic data, a new technology that can provide encryption for dynamic data is required

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Kun-Lin Tsai^1,2,*, Li-Woei Chen³, Fang-Yie Leu^4,5, Chuan-Tian Wu¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 547-562, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026557 - 18 May 2022

Abstract Secure data communication is an essential requirement for an Internet of Things (IoT) system. Especially in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) systems, when important data are hacked, it may induce property loss or life hazard. Even though many IoT-related communication protocols are equipped with secure policies, they still have some security weaknesses in their IoT systems. LoRaWAN is one of the low power wide-area network protocols, and it adopts Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to provide message integrity and confidentiality. However, LoRaWAN's encryption key update scheme can be further improved.… More >

Sultan Ahmad¹, Shakir Khan², Mohamed Fahad AlAjmi³, Ashit Kumar Dutta⁴, L. Minh Dang⁵, Gyanendra Prasad Joshi⁶, Hyeonjoon Moon^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 965-979, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.025760 - 18 May 2022

Abstract In recent times, Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) gained much attention in medical services and healthcare management domain. Since healthcare sector generates massive volumes of data like personal details, historical medical data, hospitalization records, and discharging records, IoMT devices too evolved with potentials to handle such high quantities of data. Privacy and security of the data, gathered by IoMT gadgets, are major issues while transmitting or saving it in cloud. The advancements made in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and encryption techniques find a way to handle massive quantities of medical data and achieve security. In this… More >

S. Saravanakumar^1,*, S. Chitra²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.43, No.3, pp. 985-996, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.019508 - 09 May 2022

Abstract Cloud storage is a service involving cloud service providers providing storage space to customers. Cloud storage services have numerous advantages, including convenience, high computation, and capacity, thereby attracting users to outsource data in the cloud. However, users outsource data directly via cloud stage services that are unsafe when outsourcing data is sensitive for users. Therefore, cipher text-policy attribute-based encryption is a promising cryptographic solution in a cloud environment, and can be drawn up for access control by data owners (DO) to define access policy. Unfortunately, an outsourced architecture applied with attribute-based encryption introduces numerous challenges, More >