Using the Wavelet as the Private Key for Encrypting the Watermark

Watermarking is an effective approach to the copyright protection of digital media such as audio, image, and video. By inspiration from cryptography and considering the immensity of the set of all possible wavelets, it is presented that in wavelet domain watermarking, the associated wavelet can be considered as the private key for encrypting the watermark so as to enhance the security of the embedded mark. This idea is partly supported by the fact that from computational complexity viewpoint, it is very time-consuming to search over the immense set of all candidate wavelets for the right one if no a priori knowledge is known about it. To verify our proposal, the standard image 'Lena' is first watermarked in a specific wavelet domain, the watermark recovery experiments are then conducted in the wavelet domain for a set of wavelets with the one used for mark embedded in it,separately. It follows from the experimental results that the mark can be recovered only in the right wavelet domain, which justifies the suggestion.

Tackling Key Technological Problems and Advancing 5G Technology Application in Railway

The paper summarizes the development of mobile communication of domestic and foreign railways,and proposes the priorities for tackling key technological problems of railway 5G private network according to the technical routes of railway next-generation mobile communication determined by China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd.From the aspects of work objectives,principles,technical routes and innovative working methods,the paper elaborates the ideas of railway 5G scientific and technological research,puts forward the contents and plans of scientific and technological research on railway 5G private network,systematically organizes the achievements in the scientific and technological research stage of railway 5G private network,and sets forth the key contents of next-step scientific and technological research.

Deterministic Quantum Key Distribution Using Gaussian-Modulated Squeezed States

A continuous variable ping-pong scheme, which is utilized to generate deterministic private key, is proposed. The proposed scheme is implemented physically by using Ganssian-modulated squeezed states. The deterministic char- acteristic, i.e., no basis reconciliation between two parties, leads a nearly two-time efficiency comparing to the standard quantum key distribution schemes. Especially, the separate control mode does not need in the proposed scheme so that it is simpler and more available than previous ping-pong schemes. The attacker may be detected easily through the fidelity of the transmitted signal, and may not be successful in the beam splitter attack strategy.

Improved ID-Based Signature Scheme Solving Key Escrow

Key escrow is an inherent disadvantage for traditional ID-based cryptosystem, i.e., the dishonest private key generator (PKG) can forge the signature of any user, meanwhile, the user can deny the signature actually signed by him/herself. To avoid the keyescrow problem, an ID-based signature scheme was presented without trusted PKG. The exact proof of security was presented to demonstrate that our scheme is secure against existential forgery on adaptively chosen message and ID attacks assuming the complexity of computational Diffie-Hellman (CDH) problem. Compared with other signature schemes, the proposed scheme is more efficient.

Attacks Against Cross-Chain Systems and Defense Approaches:A Contemporary Survey

The blockchain cross-chain is a significant technology for inter-chain interconnection and value transfer among different blockchain networks.Cross-chain overcomes the“information island”problem of the closed blockchain network and is increasingly applied to multiple critical areas such as finance and the internet of things(IoT).Blockchain can be divided into three main categories of blockchain networks:public blockchains,private blockchains,and consortium blockchains.However,there are differences in block structures,consensus mechanisms,and complex working mechanisms among heterogeneous blockchains.The fragility of the cross-chain system itself makes the cross-chain system face some potential security and privacy threats.This paper discusses security defects on the cross-chain implementation mechanism,and discusses the impact of the structural features of blockchain networks on cross-chain security.In terms of cross-chain intercommunication,a cross-chain attack can be divided into a multi-chain combination attack,native chain attack,and inter-chain attack diffusion.Then various security threats and attack paths faced by the cross-chain system are analyzed.At last,the corresponding security defense methods of cross-chain security threats and future research directions for cross-chain applications are put forward.

Novel Block Chain Technique for Data Privacy and Access Anonymity in Smart Healthcare

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud computing are gaining popularity due to their numerous advantages, including the efficient utilization of internetand computing resources. In recent years, many more IoT applications have beenextensively used. For instance, Healthcare applications execute computations utilizing the user’s private data stored on cloud servers. However, the main obstaclesfaced by the extensive acceptance and usage of these emerging technologies aresecurity and privacy. Moreover, many healthcare data management system applications have emerged, offering solutions for distinct circumstances. But still, theexisting system has issues with specific security issues, privacy-preserving rate,information loss, etc. Hence, the overall system performance is reduced significantly. A unique blockchain-based technique is proposed to improve anonymityin terms of data access and data privacy to overcome the above-mentioned issues.Initially, the registration phase is done for the device and the user. After that, theGeo-Location and IP Address values collected during registration are convertedinto Hash values using Adler 32 hashing algorithm, and the private and publickeys are generated using the key generation centre. Then the authentication is performed through login. The user then submits a request to the blockchain server,which redirects the request to the associated IoT device in order to obtain thesensed IoT data. The detected data is anonymized in the device and stored inthe cloud server using the Linear Scaling based Rider Optimization algorithmwith integrated KL Anonymity (LSR-KLA) approach. After that, the Time-stamp-based Public and Private Key Schnorr Signature (TSPP-SS) mechanismis used to permit the authorized user to access the data, and the blockchain servertracks the entire transaction. The experimental findings showed that the proposedLSR-KLA and TSPP-SS technique provides better performance in terms of higherprivacy-preserving rate, lower information loss, execution time, and Central Processing Unit (CPU) usage than the existing techniques. Thus, the proposed method allows for better data privacy in the smart healthcare network.

CRYPTANALYSIS OF AN EXTENDED MQ SIGNATURE SYSTEM HTTM

Since Multivatriate Quadratic(MQ)-based Public Key Cryptosystem(MPKC)has been one of the hot research fields of post-quantum cryptography,it becomes important to analyze the security of new MPKC schemes.Wang et al.proposed a novel multivariate signature scheme with Hash-based Tame Transformation and Minus(HTTM)in 2011.For this extended MQ-based signature,we can transform it into an SFLASH variant by splitting and merging HT transformation,and solve an equivalent private key corresponding to the public key of HTTM.Thus,the adversary can forge legitimate signature for any message by using this equivalent private key.

Cryptographic Protocols Based on Nielsen Transformations

We introduce in this paper cryptographic protocols which use combinatorial group theory. Based on a combinatorial distribution of shares we present secret sharing schemes and cryptosystems using Nielsen transformations. Nielsen transformations are a linear technique to study free groups and general infinite groups. In addition the group of all automorphisms of a free group F, denoted by AUT (F), is generated by a regular Nielsen transformation between two basis of F, and each regular Nielsen transformation between two basis of F defines an automorphism of F.