Ning Hu¹, Yu Teng², Yan Zhao¹, Shi Yin¹, Yue Zhao^3,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.1, pp. 299-322, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016839

Abstract The rapid development of blockchain technology has provided new ideas for network security research. Blockchain-based network security enhancement solutions are attracting widespread attention. This paper proposes an Internet domain name verification method based on blockchain. The authenticity of DNS (Domain Name System) resolution results is crucial for ensuring the accessibility of Internet services. Due to the lack of adequate security mechanisms, it has always been a challenge to verify the authenticity of Internet domain name resolution results. Although the solution represented by DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) can theoretically solve the domain name verification problem, it has not been… More >

Shady Y. El-mashad¹, Amani M. Yassen¹, Abdulwahab K. Alsammak¹, Basem M. Elhalawany^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3857-3870, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018660

Abstract The last decade shows an explosion of using social media, which raises several challenges related to the security of personal files including images. These challenges include modifying, illegal copying, identity fraud, copyright protection and ownership of images. Traditional digital watermarking techniques embed digital information inside another digital information without affecting the visual quality for security purposes. In this paper, we propose a hybrid digital watermarking and image processing approach to improve the image security level. Specifically, variants of the widely used Least-Significant Bit (LSB) watermarking technique are merged with a blob detection algorithm to embed information into the boundary pixels… More >

Shen Wang^1,*, Fanghui Sun¹, Hongli Zhang¹, Dongyang Zhan^1,2, Shuang Li³, Jun Wang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3711-3725, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016562

Abstract Internet communication protocols define the behavior rules of network components when they communicate with each other. With the continuous development of network technologies, many private or unknown network protocols are emerging in endlessly various network environments. Herein, relevant protocol specifications become difficult or unavailable to translate in many situations such as network security management and intrusion detection. Although protocol reverse engineering is being investigated in recent years to perform reverse analysis on the specifications of unknown protocols, most existing methods have proven to be time-consuming with limited efficiency, especially when applied on unknown protocol state machines. This paper proposes a… More >

Sangdo Lee¹, Jun-Ho Huh^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.3, pp. 3659-3684, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015632

Abstract An analysis of the recent major security incidents related to industrial control systems, revealed that most had been caused by company employees. Therefore, enterprise security management systems have been developed to focus on companies’ personnel. Nonetheless, several hacking incidents, involving major companies and public/financial institutions, were actually attempted by the cooperative firms or the outsourced manpower undertaking maintenance work. Specifically, institutions that operate industrial control systems (ICSs) associated with critical national infrastructures, such as traffic or energy, have contracted several cooperative firms. Nonetheless, ICT's importance is gradually increasing, due to outsourcing, and is the most vulnerable factor in security. This… More >

Ramesh Krishnamoorthy^*, Kalimuthu Krishnan

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.2, pp. 403-418, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.018560

Abstract Due to the rapid growth of embedded devices, the selection of System-on-Chip (SoC) has a stronger influence to enable hardware security in embedded system design. System-on-chip (SoC) devices consist of one or more CPUs through wide-ranging inbuilt peripherals for designing a system with less cost. The selection of SoC is more significant to determine the suitability for secured application development. The design space analysis of symmetric key approaches including rivest cipher (RC5), advanced encryption standard (AES), data encryption standard (DES), international data encryption algorithm (IDEA), elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), MX algorithm, and the secure hash algorithm (SHA-256) are compared to… More >

Lina Wang^1,2,*, Jie Wang³, Yongjun Ren⁴, Zimeng Xing¹, Tao Li¹, Jinyue Xia⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.30, No.1, pp. 31-47, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.018577

Abstract Intrusion detection has been widely used in many application domains; thus, it has caught significant attention in academic fields these years. Assembled with more and more sub-systems, the network is more vulnerable to multiple attacks aiming at the network security. Compared with the other issues such as complex environment and resources-constrained devices, network security has been the biggest challenge for Internet construction. To deal with this problem, a fundamental measure for safeguarding network security is to select an intrusion detection algorithm. As is known, it is less effective to determine the abnormal behavior as an intrusion and learn the entire… More >

Anhao Xiang, Jun Zheng^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2141-2158, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018808

Abstract Distribution feeder microgrid (DFM) built based on existing distributed feeder (DF), is a promising solution for modern microgrid. DFM contains a large number of heterogeneous devices that generate heavy network traffice and require a low data delivery latency. The information-centric networking (ICN) paradigm has shown a great potential to address the communication requirements of smart grid. However, the integration of advanced information and communication technologies with DFM make it vulnerable to cyber attacks. Adequate authentication of grid devices is essential for preventing unauthorized accesses to the grid network and defending against cyber attacks. In this paper, we propose a new… More >

Naglaa F. Soliman^1,2, Abeer D. Algarni^1,*, Walid El-Shafai³, Fathi E. Abd El-Samie^1,3, Ghada M. El Banby⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 1571-1595, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016980

Abstract Cancelable biometrics are required in most remote access applications that need an authentication stage such as the cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The objective of using cancelable biometrics is to save the original ones from hacking attempts. A generalized algorithm to generate cancelable templates that is applicable on both single and multiple biometrics is proposed in this paper to be considered for cloud and IoT applications. The original biometric is blurred with two co-prime operators. Hence, it can be recovered as the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) between its two blurred versions. Minimal changes if induced in the biometric… More >

Benjamin Kwapong Osibo¹, Chengbo Zhang¹, Changsen Xia¹, Guanzhe Zhao², Zilong Jin^1,3,*

Journal on Internet of Things, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 77-86, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jiot.2021.017943

Abstract Modern vehicles are equipped with sensors, communication, and computation units that make them capable of providing monitoring services and analysis of real-time traffic information to improve road safety. The main aim of communication in vehicular networks is to achieve an autonomous driving environment that is accident-free alongside increasing road use quality. However, the demanding specifications such as high data rate, low latency, and high reliability in vehicular networks make 5G an emerging solution for addressing the current vehicular network challenges. In the 5G IoV environment, various technologies and models are deployed, making the environment open to attacks such as Sybil,… More >

Adil Hussain Seh¹, Jehad F. Al-Amri², Ahmad F. Subahi³, Alka Agrawal¹, Rajeev Kumar^4,*, Raees Ahmad Khan¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.29, No.3, pp. 697-712, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.018048

Abstract The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud services, web-based software systems, and other wireless sensor devices in the healthcare infrastructure have led to phenomenal improvements and benefits in the healthcare sector. Digital healthcare has ensured early diagnosis of the diseases, greater accessibility, and mass outreach in terms of treatment. Despite this unprecedented success, the privacy and confidentiality of the healthcare data have become a major concern for all the stakeholders. Data breach reports reveal that the healthcare data industry is one of the key targets of cyber invaders. In fact the last few… More >