G. Tamilarasi^1,*, K. Rajiv Gandhi², V. Palanisamy¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 1273-1288, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024687

Abstract In recent years, vehicle ad hoc networks (VANETs) have garnered considerable interest in the field of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) due to the added safety and preventive measures for drivers and passengers. Regardless of the benefits provided by VANET, it confronts various challenges, most notably in terms of user/message security and privacy. Due to the decentralised nature of VANET and its changeable topologies, it is difficult to detect rogue or malfunctioning nodes or users. Using an improved grasshopper optimization algorithm (IGOA-PHE) technique in VANETs, this research develops a new privacy-preserving partly homomorphic encryption with optimal key generation. The suggested IGOA-PHE… More >

P. Parthasarathi^1,*, S. Shankar²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.42, No.2, pp. 561-575, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.019561

Abstract Group communication is widely used by most of the emerging network applications like telecommunication, video conferencing, simulation applications, distributed and other interactive systems. Secured group communication plays a vital role in case of providing the integrity, authenticity, confidentiality, and availability of the message delivered among the group members with respect to communicate securely between the inter group or else within the group. In secure group communications, the time cost associated with the key updating in the proceedings of the member join and departure is an important aspect of the quality of service, particularly in the large groups with highly active… More >

B. Jaishankar^1,*, Santosh Vishwakarma², Prakash Mohan³, Aditya Kumar Singh Pundir⁴, Ibrahim Patel⁵, N. Arulkumar⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.32, No.3, pp. 1815-1829, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.021822

Abstract The Healthcare system is an organization that consists of important requirements corresponding to security and privacy, for example, protecting patients’ medical information from unauthorized access, communication with transport like ambulance and smart e-health monitoring. Due to lack of expert design of security protocols, the healthcare system is facing many security threats such as authenticity, data sharing, the conveying of medical data. In such situation, block chain protocol is used. In this manuscript, Efficient Block chain Network for securing Healthcare data using Multi-Objective Squirrel Search Optimization Algorithm (MOSSA) is proposed to generate smart and secure Healthcare system. In this the block… More >

Mesfer Al Duhayyim¹, Fahd N. Al-Wesabi², Radwa Marzouk³, Manar Ahmed Hamza⁴, Anwer Mustafa Hilal^4,*, Majdy M. Eltahir²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 1443-1457, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021873

Abstract Latest advancements made in the processing abilities of smart devices have resulted in the designing of Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) environment. This advanced environment enables the nodes to connect, collect, perceive, and examine useful data from its surroundings. Wireless Multimedia Surveillance Networks (WMSNs) form a vital part in IoT-assisted environment since it contains visual sensors that examine the surroundings from a number of overlapping views by capturing the images incessantly. Since IoT devices generate a massive quantity of digital media, it is therefore required to save the media, especially images, in a secure way. In order to achieve security,… More >

Ahmed S. Sakr¹, M. Y. Shams², Amena Mahmoud³, Mohammed Zidan^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.1, pp. 123-134, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019455

Abstract In this new information era, the transfer of data and information has become a very important matter. Transferred data must be kept secured from unauthorized persons using cryptography. The science of cryptography depends not only on complex mathematical models but also on encryption keys. Amino acid encryption is a promising model for data security. In this paper, we propose an amino acid encryption model with two encryption keys. The first key is generated randomly using the genetic algorithm. The second key is called the protein key which is generated from converting DNA to a protein message. Then, the protein message… More >

K. Raju^*, M. Chinnadurai

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 1057-1072, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016068

Abstract Security is a critical issue in cloud computing (CC) because attackers can fabricate data by creating, copying, or deleting data with no user authorization. Most of the existing techniques make use of password-based authentication for encrypting data. Password-based schemes suffer from several issues and can be easily compromised. This paper presents a new concept of hybrid metaheuristic optimization as an identity-based secure and optimal authentication (HMO-ISOA) scheme for CC environments. The HMO-ISOA technique makes use of iris and fingerprint biometrics. Initially, the HMO-ISOA technique involves a directional local ternary quantized extrema pattern–based feature extraction process to extract features from the… More >

Bin Zhang¹, Muhammad Waqas^2,3, Shanshan Tu^2,*, Syed Mudassir Hussain⁴, Sadaqat Ur Rehman⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 2179-2188, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.016553

Abstract Secret key generation (SKG) is an emerging technology to secure wireless communication from attackers. Therefore, the SKG at the physical layer is an alternate solution over traditional cryptographic methods due to wireless channels’ uncertainty. However, the physical layer secret key generation (PHY-SKG) depends on two fundamental parameters, i.e., coherence time and power allocation. The coherence time for PHY-SKG is not applicable to secure wireless channels. This is because coherence time is for a certain period of time. Thus, legitimate users generate the secret keys (SKs) with a shorter key length in size. Hence, an attacker can quickly get information about… More >

T. Kowsalya¹, R. Ganesh Babu², B. D. Parameshachari³, Anand Nayyar⁴, Raja Majid Mehmood^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 1447-1465, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014606

Abstract Lightweight Cryptography (LWC) is widely used to provide integrity, secrecy and authentication for the sensitive applications. However, the LWC is vulnerable to various constraints such as high-power consumption, time consumption, and hardware utilization and susceptible to the malicious attackers. In order to overcome this, a lightweight block cipher namely PRESENT architecture is proposed to provide the security against malicious attacks. The True Random Number Generator-Pseudo Random Number Generator (TRNG-PRNG) based key generation is proposed to generate the unpredictable keys, being highly difficult to predict by the hackers. Moreover, the hardware utilization of PRESENT architecture is optimized using the Dual port… More >

Imtisal Qadeer^1,2, Muhammad Khurram Ehsan^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2619-2630, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015641

Abstract To secure the wireless connection between devices with low computational power has been a challenging problem due to heterogeneity in operating devices, device to device communication in Internet of Things (IoTs) and 5G wireless systems. Physical layer key generation (PLKG) tackles this secrecy problem by introducing private keys among two connecting devices through wireless medium. In this paper, relative calibration is used as a method to enhance channel reciprocity which in turn increases the performance of the key generation process. Channel reciprocity based key generation is emerged as better PLKG methodology to obtain secure wireless connection in IoTs and 5G… More >