29 research outputs found
Lyapunov exponent evaluation of a digital watermarking scheme proven to be secure
In our previous researches, a new digital watermarking scheme based on
chaotic iterations has been introduced. This scheme was both stego-secure and
topologically secure. The stego-security is to face an attacker in the
"watermark only attack" category, whereas the topological security concerns
other categories of attacks. Its Lyapunov exponent is evaluated here, to
quantify the chaos generated by this scheme.
Keywords : Lyapunov exponent; Information hiding; Security; Chaotic
iterations; Digital Watermarking.Comment: 10 page
Research on digital image watermark encryption based on hyperchaos
The digital watermarking technique embeds meaningful information into one or more watermark images hidden in one image, in which it is known as a secret carrier. It is difficult for a hacker to extract or remove any hidden watermark from an image, and especially to crack so called digital watermark. The combination of digital watermarking technique and traditional image encryption technique is able to greatly improve anti-hacking capability, which suggests it is a good method for keeping the integrity of the original image. The research works contained in this thesis include: (1)A literature review the hyperchaotic watermarking technique is relatively more advantageous, and becomes the main subject in this programme. (2)The theoretical foundation of watermarking technologies, including the human visual system (HVS), the colour space transform, discrete wavelet transform (DWT), the main watermark embedding algorithms, and the mainstream methods for improving watermark robustness and for evaluating watermark embedding performance. (3) The devised hyperchaotic scrambling technique it has been applied to colour image watermark that helps to improve the image encryption and anti-cracking capabilities. The experiments in this research prove the robustness and some other advantages of the invented technique. This thesis focuses on combining the chaotic scrambling and wavelet watermark embedding to achieve a hyperchaotic digital watermark to encrypt digital products, with the human visual system (HVS) and other factors taken into account. This research is of significant importance and has industrial application value
ANALYSIS OF NEW CHAOTIC MAP AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN ITS APPLICATION TO DIGITAL COLOR IMAGE ENCRYPTION
In this research a new chaotic map which is a modification from composition of MS map and Improved logistics map is proposed. New map’s chaotic behavior is proven by the bifurcation diagram and Lyapunov exponent. This map will be used in chaos-based cryptography as a keystream generator and then it will be processed in the encryption and decryption algorithms through XOR operations. The results of the encryption and decryption processes were evaluated by several tests such as key sensitivity analysis, histogram analysis, correlation analysis, and image quality analysis. All the tests are doing to evaluate the performance new chaotic map in encryption of digital color image. Based on the results of several tests, a conclusion can be drawn that the encryption and decryption process is successful and difficult to attack with various kinds of attacks. The key that built from new chaotic map has a good sensitivity
Performance Analysis of a Keyed Hash Function based on Discrete and Chaotic Proven Iterations
Security of information transmitted through the Internet is an international
concern. This security is guaranteed by tools like hash functions. However, as
security flaws have been recently identified in the current standard in this
domain, new ways to hash digital media must be investigated. In this document
an original keyed hash function is evaluated. It is based on chaotic iterations
and thus possesses various topological properties as uniform repartition and
sensibility to its initial condition. These properties make our hash function
satisfy the requirements in this field. This claim is verified qualitatively
and experimentally in this research work, among other things by realizing
simulations of diffusion and confusion.Comment: Accepted the the Internet11 conferenc
Suitability of chaotic iterations schemes using XORshift for security applications
International audienceThe design and engineering of original cryptographic solutions is a major concern to provide secure information systems. In a previous study, we have described a generator based on chaotic iterations, which uses the well-known XORshift generator. By doing so, we have improved the statistical performances of XORshift and make it behave chaotically, as defined by Devaney. The speed and security of this former generator have been improved in a second study, to make its usage more relevant in the Internet security context. In this paper, these contributions are summarized and a new version of the generator is introduced. It is based on a new Lookup Table implying a large improvement of speed. A comparison and a security analysis between the XORshift and these three versions of our generator are proposed, and various new statistical results are given. Finally, an application in the information hiding framework is presented, to give an illustrative example of the use of such a generator in the Internet security field
The dynamics of complex systems. Studies and applications in computer science and biology
Our research has focused on the study of complex dynamics and on their use in both information security and bioinformatics. Our first work has been on chaotic discrete dynamical systems, and links have been established between these dynamics on the one hand, and either random or complex behaviors. Applications on information security are on the pseudorandom numbers generation, hash functions, informationhiding, and on security aspects on wireless sensor networks. On the bioinformatics level, we have applied our studies of complex systems to theevolution of genomes and to protein folding
Algorithms and Architectures for Secure Embedded Multimedia Systems
Embedded multimedia systems provide real-time video support for applications in entertainment (mobile phones, internet video websites), defense (video-surveillance and tracking) and public-domain (tele-medicine, remote and distant learning, traffic monitoring and management). With the widespread deployment of such real-time embedded systems, there has been an increasing concern over the security and authentication of concerned multimedia data.
While several (software) algorithms and hardware architectures have been proposed in the research literature to support multimedia security, these fail to address embedded applications whose performance specifications have tighter constraints on computational power and available hardware resources.
The goals of this dissertation research are two fold:
1. To develop novel algorithms for joint video compression and encryption. The proposed algorithms reduce the computational requirements of multimedia encryption algorithms. We propose an approach that uses the compression parameters instead of compressed bitstream for video encryption.
2. Hardware acceleration of proposed algorithms over reconfigurable computing platforms such as FPGA and
over VLSI circuits. We use signal processing knowledge to make the algorithms suitable for hardware optimizations and try to reduce the critical path of circuits using hardware-specific optimizations.
The proposed algorithms ensures a considerable level of security for low-power embedded systems such as portable video players and surveillance cameras. These schemes have zero or little compression losses and preserve the desired properties of compressed bitstream in encrypted bitstream to ensure secure
and scalable transmission of videos over heterogeneous networks.
They also support indexing, search and retrieval in secure multimedia digital libraries. This property is crucial not only for police and armed forces to retrieve information about a suspect from a large video database of surveillance feeds, but extremely helpful for data centers (such as those used by youtube, aol and metacafe) in reducing the computation cost in search and retrieval of desired videos
Cryptography and Its Applications in Information Security
Nowadays, mankind is living in a cyber world. Modern technologies involve fast communication links between potentially billions of devices through complex networks (satellite, mobile phone, Internet, Internet of Things (IoT), etc.). The main concern posed by these entangled complex networks is their protection against passive and active attacks that could compromise public security (sabotage, espionage, cyber-terrorism) and privacy. This Special Issue “Cryptography and Its Applications in Information Security” addresses the range of problems related to the security of information in networks and multimedia communications and to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industrials interested by such questions. It consists of eight peer-reviewed papers, however easily understandable, that cover a range of subjects and applications related security of information
Dynamical Systems
Complex systems are pervasive in many areas of science integrated in our daily lives. Examples include financial markets, highway transportation networks, telecommunication networks, world and country economies, social networks, immunological systems, living organisms, computational systems and electrical and mechanical structures. Complex systems are often composed of a large number of interconnected and interacting entities, exhibiting much richer global scale dynamics than the properties and behavior of individual entities. Complex systems are studied in many areas of natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and mathematical sciences. This special issue therefore intends to contribute towards the dissemination of the multifaceted concepts in accepted use by the scientific community. We hope readers enjoy this pertinent selection of papers which represents relevant examples of the state of the art in present day research. [...
Entropy in Image Analysis II
Image analysis is a fundamental task for any application where extracting information from images is required. The analysis requires highly sophisticated numerical and analytical methods, particularly for those applications in medicine, security, and other fields where the results of the processing consist of data of vital importance. This fact is evident from all the articles composing the Special Issue "Entropy in Image Analysis II", in which the authors used widely tested methods to verify their results. In the process of reading the present volume, the reader will appreciate the richness of their methods and applications, in particular for medical imaging and image security, and a remarkable cross-fertilization among the proposed research areas