Jane Kim¹, Soojin Lee¹, Chan Yeob Yeun², Seung-Hyun Seo^1,3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 3495-3518, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.050461 - 20 June 2024

Abstract As big data, Artificial Intelligence, and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication have advanced, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are being developed to enable efficient and safe transportation systems. Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), which is one of the services included in ITS systems, is an automated system that allows vehicles to pass through toll plazas without stopping for manual payment. The ETC system is widely deployed on highways due to its contribution to stabilizing the overall traffic system flow. To ensure secure and efficient toll payments, designing a distributed model for sharing toll payment information among untrusted toll service… More >

Quan Zhou^1,*, Yulong Zheng¹, Minhui Chen², Kaijun Wei²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.3, pp. 2851-2867, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.039908 - 09 November 2023

Abstract In recent years, the issue of preserving the privacy of parties involved in blockchain transactions has garnered significant attention. To ensure privacy protection for both sides of the transaction, many researchers are using ring signature technology instead of the original signature technology. However, in practice, identifying the signer of an illegal blockchain transaction once it has been placed on the chain necessitates a signature technique that offers conditional anonymity. Some illegals can conduct illegal transactions and evade the law using ring signatures, which offer perfect anonymity. This paper firstly constructs a conditionally anonymous linkable ring… More >

Yining Qi^1,2,*, Yubo Luo³, Yongfeng Huang^1,2, Xing Li^1,2

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 2603-2618, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.030191 - 17 August 2022

Abstract Cloud storage has been widely used to team work or cooperation development. Data owners set up groups, generating and uploading their data to cloud storage, while other users in the groups download and make use of it, which is called group data sharing. As all kinds of cloud service, data group sharing also suffers from hardware/software failures and human errors. Provable Data Possession (PDP) schemes are proposed to check the integrity of data stored in cloud without downloading. However, there are still some unmet needs lying in auditing group shared data. Researchers propose four issues… More >

Nitish Pathak¹, Shams Tabrez Siddiqui², Anjani Kumar Singha³, Heba G Mohamed⁴, Shabana Urooj^4,*, Abhinandan R Patil⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 3021-3036, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.029053 - 17 August 2022

Abstract The coronavirus, formerly known as COVID-19, has caused massive global disasters. As a precaution, most governments imposed quarantine periods ranging from months to years and postponed significant financial obligations. Furthermore, governments around the world have used cutting-edge technologies to track citizens’ activity. Thousands of sensors were connected to IoT (Internet of Things) devices to monitor the catastrophic eruption with billions of connected devices that use these novel tools and apps, privacy and security issues regarding data transmission and memory space abound. In this study, we suggest a blockchain-based methodology for safeguarding data in the billions More >

Yining Qi^1,2,*, Yubo Luo³, Yongfeng Huang^1,2, Xing Li^1,2

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 183-199, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.031030 - 16 August 2022

Abstract Progress in cloud computing makes group data sharing in outsourced storage a reality. People join in group and share data with each other, making team work more convenient. This new application scenario also faces data security threats, even more complex. When a user quit its group, remaining data block signatures must be re-signed to ensure security. Some researchers noticed this problem and proposed a few works to relieve computing overhead on user side. However, considering the privacy and security need of group auditing, there still lacks a comprehensive solution to implement secure group user revocation,… More >

Ning Liu¹, Fan Yang^{1, *}, Xi Xiong^{1, 2}, Yan Chang¹, Shibin Zhang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.65, No.2, pp. 1559-1570, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.010562 - 20 August 2020

Abstract Recent developments in heterogeneous identity federation systems have heightened the need for the related trust management system. The trust management system evaluates, manages, and shares users’ trust values. The service provider (SP) members of the federation system rely on users’ trust values to determine which type and quality of service will be provided to the users. While identity federation systems have the potential to help federated users save time and energy and improve service experience, the benefits also come with significant privacy risks. So far, there has been little discussion about the privacy protection of… More >