Search

Various security threats are encountered when keys are transmitted in public channels. In this paper, we propose an image encryption algorithm based on complex network scrambling and multi-directional diffusion. Combining the idea of public key cryptography, the RSA algorithm is used to encrypt the key related to plaintext. The algorithm consists of three stages: key generation stage, complex network scrambling stage, and multi-directional diffusion stage. Firstly, during the key generation phase, SHA-512 and the original image are used to generate plaintext-related information, which is then converted to plaintext-related key through transformation mapping. Secondly, in the complex network scrambling stage, the chaotic random matrix establishes the node relationships in the complex network, which is then used to construct an image model based on the complex network, and then combines pixel-level and block-level methods to scramble images. Finally, in the multi-directional diffusion stage, the multi-directional diffusion method is used to perform forward diffusion, middle spiral diffusion, and backward diffusion on the image in turn to obtain the final ciphertext image. The experimental results show that our encryption algorithm has a large keyspace, the encrypted image has strong randomness and robustness, and can effectively resist brute force attack, statistical attack, and differential attack. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A bit‐level image encryption algorithm based on Fully‐Connected‐Like network(FCLN) and random modification of edge pixels is proposed. In the paper, in order to enhance the security of the cryptographic system, random noise is first used to modify the least significant bits of the edge pixels of the image, and the modified image is used as the input image. Later,the chaotic sequence is used to perform cyclic shift transformation on the image. In the subsequent steps, the FCLN is generated based on a fully connected neural network, which can perform scrambling and diffusion operations on the input image. Finally, the bidirectional diffusion method is used to diffuse the image forward and backward. In addition, the image after the edge pixel modification is convolved with the chaotic sequence, and the initial value of the chaotic system is set by the result to establish the correlation between the plain image and the algorithm, which makes the algorithm resistant to known/chosen plaintext attack. Experimental results show that although the image is modified by random noise, the decrypted image is visually the same as the original image. At the same time, through the analysis of common attacks such as differential attacks, noise attacks, and data loss attacks, our algorithm shows high security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, with the rapid development of the Internet, improving image security becomes more and more important. To improve image encryption efficiency, a novel region of interest (ROI) encryption algorithm based on a chaotic system was proposed. First, a new 1D e λ -cos-cot (1D-ECC) with better chaotic performance than the traditional chaotic system is proposed. Second, the chaotic system is used to generate a plaintext-relate keystream based on the label information of a medical image DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) file, the medical image is segmented using an adaptive threshold, and the segmented region of interest is encrypted. The encryption process is divided into two stages: scrambling and diffusion. In the scrambling stage, helical scanning and index scrambling are combined to scramble. In the diffusion stage, two-dimensional bi-directional diffusion is adopted, that is, the image is bi-directionally diffused row by column to make image security better. The algorithm offers good encryption speed and security performance, according to simulation results and security analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]