With the rapid development of intelligent electronic and military equipment,multifunctional flexible materials that integrat electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding,temperature sensing,and information encryption ar...With the rapid development of intelligent electronic and military equipment,multifunctional flexible materials that integrat electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding,temperature sensing,and information encryption are urgently required.This study presents a bio-inspired hierarchical composite foam fabricated using supercritical nitrogen foaming technology.This material exhibits a honeycomb structure,with pore cell sizes controllable within a range of 30–92μm by regulating the filler.The carbon fiber felt(CFf)provides efficient reflection of electromagnetic waves,while the chloroprene rubber/carbon fiber/carbon black foam facilitates both wave absorption and temperature monitoring through its optimized conductive network.This synergistic mechanism results in an EMI shielding effectiveness(SE)of 60.06 d B with excellent temperature sensing performance(The temperature coefficient of resistance(TCR)is-2.642%/℃)in the 24–70℃ range.Notably,the material has a thermal conductivity of up to 0.159 W/(m·K),and the bio-inspired layered design enables information encryption,demonstrating the material's potential for secure communication applications.The foam also has tensile properties of up to 5.13 MPa and a tear strength of 33.02 N/mm.This biomimetic design overcomes the traditional limitations of flexible materials and provides a transformative solution for next-generation applications such as flexible electronics,aerospace systems and military equipment,which urgently need integrated electromagnetic protection,thermal management and information security.展开更多
The advent of 5G technology has significantly enhanced the transmission of images over networks,expanding data accessibility and exposure across various applications in digital technology and social media.Consequently...The advent of 5G technology has significantly enhanced the transmission of images over networks,expanding data accessibility and exposure across various applications in digital technology and social media.Consequently,the protection of sensitive data has become increasingly critical.Regardless of the complexity of the encryption algorithm used,a robust and highly secure encryption key is essential,with randomness and key space being crucial factors.This paper proposes a new Robust Deoxyribonucleic Acid(RDNA)nucleotide-based encryption method.The RDNA encryption method leverages the unique properties of DNA nucleotides,including their inherent randomness and extensive key space,to generate a highly secure encryption key.By employing transposition and substitution operations,the RDNA method ensures significant diffusion and confusion in the encrypted images.Additionally,it utilises a pseudorandom generation technique based on the random sequence of nucleotides in the DNA secret key.The performance of the RDNA encryption method is evaluated through various statistical and visual tests,and compared against established encryption methods such as 3DES,AES,and a DNA-based method.Experimental results demonstrate that the RDNA encryption method outperforms its rivals in the literature,and achieves superior performance in terms of information entropy,avalanche effect,encryption execution time,and correlation reduction,while maintaining competitive values for NMAE,PSNR,NPCR,and UACI.The high degree of randomness and sensitivity to key changes inherent in the RDNA method offers enhanced security,making it highly resistant to brute force and differential attacks.展开更多
A medical image encryption is proposed based on the Fisher-Yates scrambling,filter diffusion and S-box substitution.First,chaotic sequence associated with the plaintext is generated by logistic-sine-cosine system,whic...A medical image encryption is proposed based on the Fisher-Yates scrambling,filter diffusion and S-box substitution.First,chaotic sequence associated with the plaintext is generated by logistic-sine-cosine system,which is used for the scrambling,substitution and diffusion processes.The three-dimensional Fisher-Yates scrambling,S-box substitution and diffusion are employed for the first round of encryption.The chaotic sequence is adopted for secondary encryption to scramble the ciphertext obtained in the first round.Then,three-dimensional filter is applied to diffusion for further useful information hiding.The key to the algorithm is generated by the combination of hash value of plaintext image and the input parameters.It improves resisting ability of plaintext attacks.The security analysis shows that the algorithm is effective and efficient.It can resist common attacks.In addition,the good diffusion effect shows that the scheme can solve the differential attacks encountered in the transmission of medical images and has positive implications for future research.展开更多
In secure communications,lightweight encryption has become crucial,particularly for resource-constrained applications such as embedded devices,wireless sensor networks,and the Internet of Things(IoT).As these systems ...In secure communications,lightweight encryption has become crucial,particularly for resource-constrained applications such as embedded devices,wireless sensor networks,and the Internet of Things(IoT).As these systems proliferate,cryptographic approaches that provide robust security while minimizing computing overhead,energy consumption,and memory usage are becoming increasingly essential.This study examines lightweight encryption techniques utilizing chaotic maps to ensure secure data transmission.Two algorithms are proposed,both employing the Logistic map;the first approach utilizes two logistic chaotic maps,while the second algorithm employs a single logistic chaotic map.Algorithm 1,including a two-stage mechanism that uses chaotic maps for both transposition and key generation,is distinguished by its robustness,guaranteeing a secure encryption method.The second techniqueutilized a single logistic chaoticmapeliminating the secondchaoticmapdecreases computing complexity while maintaining security.The efficacy of both algorithms was evaluated by subjecting them to NIST randomness tests following testing on text files of varying sizes.The findings demonstrate that the double chaotic map method regularly achieves elevated unpredictability and resilience.Conversely,the singular chaotic algorithm markedly lowers the duration necessary for encryption and decryption.These data suggest that while both algorithms are effective,their choice may be contingent upon specific security and processing speed requirements in practical applications.展开更多
Satellite images are widely used for remote sensing and defence applications,however,they are subject to a variety of threats.To ensure the security and privacy of these images,theymust be watermarked and encrypted be...Satellite images are widely used for remote sensing and defence applications,however,they are subject to a variety of threats.To ensure the security and privacy of these images,theymust be watermarked and encrypted before communication.Therefore,this paper proposes a novel watermarked satellite image encryption scheme based on chaos,Deoxyribonucleic Acid(DNA)sequence,and hash algorithm.The watermark image,DNA sequence,and plaintext image are passed through the Secure Hash Algorithm(SHA-512)to compute the initial condition(keys)for the Tangent-Delay Ellipse Reflecting Cavity Map(TD-ERCS),Henon,and Duffing chaotic maps,respectively.Through bitwise XOR and substitution,the TD-ERCS map encrypts the watermark image.The ciphered watermark image is embedded in the plaintext image.The embedded plaintext image is permuted row-wise and column-wise using the Henon chaotic map.The permuted image is then bitwise XORed with the values obtained from the Duffing map.For additional security,the XORed image is substituted through a dynamic S-Box.To evaluate the efficiency and performance of the proposed algorithm,several tests are performed which prove its resistance to various types of attacks such as brute-force and statistical attacks.展开更多
With increasing demand for data circulation,ensuring data security and privacy is paramount,specifically protecting privacy while maximizing utility.Blockchain,while decentralized and transparent,faces challenges in p...With increasing demand for data circulation,ensuring data security and privacy is paramount,specifically protecting privacy while maximizing utility.Blockchain,while decentralized and transparent,faces challenges in privacy protection and data verification,especially for sensitive data.Existing schemes often suffer from inefficiency and high overhead.We propose a privacy protection scheme using BGV homomorphic encryption and Pedersen Secret Sharing.This scheme enables secure computation on encrypted data,with Pedersen sharding and verifying the private key,ensuring data consistency and immutability.The blockchain framework manages key shards,verifies secrets,and aids security auditing.This approach allows for trusted computation without revealing the underlying data.Preliminary results demonstrate the scheme's feasibility in ensuring data privacy and security,making data available but not visible.This study provides an effective solution for data sharing and privacy protection in blockchain applications.展开更多
With the continuous growth of exponential data in IoT,it is usually chosen to outsource data to the cloud server.However,cloud servers are usually provided by third parties,and there is a risk of privacy leakage.Encry...With the continuous growth of exponential data in IoT,it is usually chosen to outsource data to the cloud server.However,cloud servers are usually provided by third parties,and there is a risk of privacy leakage.Encrypting data can ensure its security,but at the same time,it loses the retrieval function of IoT data.Searchable Encryption(SE)can achieve direct retrieval based on ciphertext data.The traditional searchable encryption scheme has the problems of imperfect function,low retrieval efficiency,inaccurate retrieval results,and centralized cloud servers being vulnerable and untrustworthy.This paper proposes an Efficient searchable encryption scheme supporting fuzzy multi-keyword ranking search on the blockchain.The blockchain and IPFS are used to store the index and encrypted files in a distributed manner respectively.The tamper resistance of the distributed ledger ensures the authenticity of the data.The data retrieval work is performed by the smart contract to ensure the reliability of the data retrieval.The Local Sensitive Hash(LSH)function is combined with the Bloom Filter(BF)to realize the fuzzy multi-keyword retrieval function.In addition,to measure the correlation between keywords and files,a new weighted statistical algorithm combining RegionalWeight Score(RWS)and Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency(TF-IDF)is proposed to rank the search results.The balanced binary tree is introduced to establish the index structure,and the index binary tree traversal strategy suitable for this scheme is constructed to optimize the index structure and improve the retrieval efficiency.The experimental results show that the scheme is safe and effective in practical applications.展开更多
Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication networks consist of resource-constrained autonomous devices, also known as autonomous Internet of things (IoTs) or machine-type communication devices (MTCDs) which act as a backb...Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication networks consist of resource-constrained autonomous devices, also known as autonomous Internet of things (IoTs) or machine-type communication devices (MTCDs) which act as a backbone for Industrial IoT, smart cities, and other autonomous systems. Due to the limited computing and memory capacity, these devices cannot maintain strong security if conventional security methods are applied such as heavy encryption. This article proposed a novel lightweight mutual authentication scheme including elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) driven end-to-end encryption through curve25519 such as (i): efficient end-to-end encrypted communication with pre-calculation strategy using curve25519;and (ii): elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) based mutual authentication technique through a novel lightweight hash function. The proposed scheme attempts to efficiently counter all known perception layer security threats. Moreover, the pre-calculated key generation strategy resulted in cost-effective encryption with 192-bit curve security. It showed comparative efficiency in key strength, and curve strength compared with similar authentication schemes in terms of computational and memory cost, communication performance and encryption robustness.展开更多
In wireless communication transmission,image encryption plays a key role in protecting data privacy against unauthorized access.However,conventional encryption methods often face challenges in key space security,parti...In wireless communication transmission,image encryption plays a key role in protecting data privacy against unauthorized access.However,conventional encryption methods often face challenges in key space security,particularly when relying on chaotic sequences,which may exhibit vulnerabilities to brute-force and predictability-based attacks.To address the limitations,this paper presents a robust and efficient encryption scheme that combines iterative hyper-chaotic systems and Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs).Firstly,a novel two-dimensional iterative hyper-chaotic system is proposed because of its complex dynamic behavior and expanded parameter space,which can enhance the key space complexity and randomness,ensuring resistance against cryptanalysis.Secondly,an innovative CNN architecture is introduced for generating the key stream for the cryptographic system.CNN architecture exhibits excellent nonlinearity and can further optimize the key generation process.To rigorously evaluate the encryption performance,extensive simulation analyses were conducted,including visualization,statistical histogram,information entropy,correlation,differential attack,and resistance.The method has shown a high NPCR(Number of Pixel Change Rate)of 99.642%and a UACI(Unified Average Changing Intensity)value of 33.465%,exhibiting powerful resistance to differential attacks.A series of comprehensive experimental tests have illustrated that the proposed scheme exhibits superior distribution characteristics,which underscores the robustness and efficacy of the image encryption,and helps for communication security.展开更多
Ciphertext data retrieval in cloud databases suffers from some critical limitations,such as inadequate security measures,disorganized key management practices,and insufficient retrieval access control capabilities.To ...Ciphertext data retrieval in cloud databases suffers from some critical limitations,such as inadequate security measures,disorganized key management practices,and insufficient retrieval access control capabilities.To address these problems,this paper proposes an enhanced Fully Homomorphic Encryption(FHE)algorithm based on an improved DGHV algorithm,coupled with an optimized ciphertext retrieval scheme.Our specific contributions are outlined as follows:First,we employ an authorization code to verify the user’s retrieval authority and perform hierarchical access control on cloud storage data.Second,a triple-key encryption mechanism,which separates the data encryption key,retrieval authorization key,and retrieval key,is designed.Different keys are provided to different entities to run corresponding system functions.The key separation architecture proves particularly advantageous in multi-verifier coexistence scenarios,environments involving untrusted third-party retrieval services.Finally,the enhanced DGHV-based retrieval mechanism extends conventional functionality by enabling multi-keyword queries with similarity-ranked results,thereby significantly improving both the functionality and usability of the FHE system.展开更多
Due to the development of cloud computing and machine learning,users can upload their data to the cloud for machine learning model training.However,dishonest clouds may infer user data,resulting in user data leakage.P...Due to the development of cloud computing and machine learning,users can upload their data to the cloud for machine learning model training.However,dishonest clouds may infer user data,resulting in user data leakage.Previous schemes have achieved secure outsourced computing,but they suffer from low computational accuracy,difficult-to-handle heterogeneous distribution of data from multiple sources,and high computational cost,which result in extremely poor user experience and expensive cloud computing costs.To address the above problems,we propose amulti-precision,multi-sourced,andmulti-key outsourcing neural network training scheme.Firstly,we design a multi-precision functional encryption computation based on Euclidean division.Second,we design the outsourcing model training algorithm based on a multi-precision functional encryption with multi-sourced heterogeneity.Finally,we conduct experiments on three datasets.The results indicate that our framework achieves an accuracy improvement of 6%to 30%.Additionally,it offers a memory space optimization of 1.0×2^(24) times compared to the previous best approach.展开更多
Attribute-based encryption(ABE)is a cryptographic framework that provides flexible access control by allowing encryption based on user attributes.ABE is widely applied in cloud storage,file sharing,e-Health,and digita...Attribute-based encryption(ABE)is a cryptographic framework that provides flexible access control by allowing encryption based on user attributes.ABE is widely applied in cloud storage,file sharing,e-Health,and digital rightsmanagement.ABE schemes rely on hard cryptographic assumptions such as pairings and others(pairingfree)to ensure their security against external and internal attacks.Internal attacks are carried out by authorized users who misuse their access to compromise security with potentially malicious intent.One common internal attack is the attribute collusion attack,in which users with different attribute keys collaborate to decrypt data they could not individually access.This paper focuses on the ciphertext-policy ABE(CP-ABE),a type of ABE where ciphertexts are produced with access policies.Our firstwork is to carry out the attribute collusion attack against several existing pairingfree CP-ABE schemes.As a main contribution,we introduce a novel attack,termed the anonymous key-leakage attack,concerning the context in which users could anonymously publish their secret keys associated with certain attributes on public platforms without the risk of detection.This kind of internal attack has not been defined or investigated in the literature.We then show that several prominent pairing-based CP-ABE schemes are vulnerable to this attack.We believe that this work will contribute to helping the community evaluate suitable CP-ABE schemes for secure deployment in real-life applications.展开更多
Existing chaotic encryption schemes primarily focus on single types of images,making the design of hybrid image encryption schemes more suitable for practical applications.In this paper,a hyperchaotic map with a spher...Existing chaotic encryption schemes primarily focus on single types of images,making the design of hybrid image encryption schemes more suitable for practical applications.In this paper,a hyperchaotic map with a spherical attractor is proposed,which is constructed using spherical coordinates.Dynamical analyses reveal that the hyperchaotic map exhibits global hyperchaos and high complexity,making it capable of generating more complex chaotic sequences suitable for image encryption.A hybrid encryption scheme based on a hyperchaotic map is proposed for two-dimensional(2D)images,three-dimensional(3D)models,and 3D point clouds.Firstly,the pixels of 2D image and the coordinate data of 3D image are fused into a plaintext cube,which is combined with Hash-512 to obtain the initial value of the hyperchaotic map.Chaotic sequences are utilized for cube space internal confusion and dynamic cross-diffusion.The encrypted images demonstrate high information entropy,and the test results show that the encryption scheme effectively protects the images.The proposed hybrid image encryption scheme provides an efficient solution for securing various types of images.展开更多
In the field of Internet, an image is of great significance to information transmission. Meanwhile, how to ensure and improve its security has become the focus of international research. We combine DNA codec with quan...In the field of Internet, an image is of great significance to information transmission. Meanwhile, how to ensure and improve its security has become the focus of international research. We combine DNA codec with quantum Arnold transform(QAr T) to propose a new double encryption algorithm for quantum color images to improve the security and robustness of image encryption. First, we utilize the biological characteristics of DNA codecs to perform encoding and decoding operations on pixel color information in quantum color images, and achieve pixel-level diffusion. Second, we use QAr T to scramble the position information of quantum images and use the operated image as the key matrix for quantum XOR operations. All quantum operations in this paper are reversible, so the decryption operation of the ciphertext image can be realized by the reverse operation of the encryption process. We conduct simulation experiments on encryption and decryption using three color images of “Monkey”, “Flower”, and “House”. The experimental results show that the peak value and correlation of the encrypted images on the histogram have good similarity, and the average normalized pixel change rate(NPCR) of RGB three-channel is 99.61%, the average uniform average change intensity(UACI) is 33.41%,and the average information entropy is about 7.9992. In addition, the robustness of the proposed algorithm is verified by the simulation of noise interference in the actual scenario.展开更多
Public-key encryption is essential for secure communications,eliminating the need for pre-shared keys.However,traditional schemes such as RSA(Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)and elliptic curve cryptography rely on computational...Public-key encryption is essential for secure communications,eliminating the need for pre-shared keys.However,traditional schemes such as RSA(Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)and elliptic curve cryptography rely on computational complexity,making them increasingly susceptible to advances in computing power and algorithms.Physical-layer encryption,which leverages the intrinsic properties of physical systems,offers a promising alternative with security rooted in physics.Despite progress in this field,public-key encryption at the optical layer remains largely unexplored.Here,we propose a novel optical public-key encryption scheme based on partially coherent light sources.The cryptographic keys are encoded in the incoherent optical transmission matrix of an on-chip Mach-Zehnder interferometer mesh,providing high complexity and resilience to computational attacks.We experimentally demonstrate encrypted image transmission over 40 km of optical fiber with high decryption fidelity and achieve a 10 Gbit/s optical encryption rate using a lithium niobate photonic chip.This represents the first implementation of public-key encryption at the physical optical layer.The approach offers key advantages in security,cost,energy efficiency,and compatibility with commercial optical communication systems.By integrating public-key encryption into photonic hardware,this work opens a new direction for secure and high-speed optical communications in next-generation networks.展开更多
Military image encryption plays a vital role in ensuring the secure transmission of sensitive visual information from unauthorized access.This paper proposes a new Tri-independent keying method for encrypting military...Military image encryption plays a vital role in ensuring the secure transmission of sensitive visual information from unauthorized access.This paper proposes a new Tri-independent keying method for encrypting military images.The proposed encryption method is based on multilevel security stages of pixel-level scrambling,bitlevel manipulation,and block-level shuffling operations.For having a vast key space,the input password is hashed by the Secure Hash Algorithm 256-bit(SHA-256)for generating independently deterministic keys used in the multilevel stages.A piecewise pixel-level scrambling function is introduced to perform a dual flipping process controlled with an adaptive key for obscuring the spatial relationships between the adjacent pixels.Adynamicmasking scheme is presented for conducting a bit-level manipulation based on distinct keys that change over image regions,providing completely different encryption results on identical regions.To handle the global correlation between large-scale patterns,a chaotic index-map system is employed for shuffling image regions randomly across the image domain based on a logistic map seeded with a private key.Experimental results on a dataset of military images show the effectiveness of the proposed encryption method in producing excellent quantitative and qualitative results.The proposed method obtains uniform histogram distributions,high entropy values around the ideal(≈8 bits),Number of Pixel Change Rate(NPCR)values above 99.5%,and low Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio(PSNR)over all encrypted images.This validates the robustness of the proposed method against cryptanalytic attacks,verifying its ability to serve as a practical basis for secure image transmission in defense systems.展开更多
Elliptic curve(EC)based cryptosystems gained more attention due to enhanced security than the existing public key cryptosystems.A substitution box(S-box)plays a vital role in securing modern symmetric key cryptosystem...Elliptic curve(EC)based cryptosystems gained more attention due to enhanced security than the existing public key cryptosystems.A substitution box(S-box)plays a vital role in securing modern symmetric key cryptosystems.However,the recently developed EC based algorithms usually trade off between computational efficiency and security,necessitating the design of a new algorithm with the desired cryptographic strength.To address these shortcomings,this paper proposes a new scheme based onMordell elliptic curve(MEC)over the complex field for generating distinct,dynamic,and highly uncorrelated S-boxes.Furthermore,we count the exact number of the obtained S-boxes,and demonstrate that the permuted version of the presented S-box is statistically optimal.The nonsingularity of the presented algorithm and the injectivity of the resultant output are explored.Rigorous theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposedmethod is highly effective in generating a large number of dynamic S-boxes with adequate cryptographic properties,surpassing current state-of-the-art S-box generation algorithms in terms of security.Apart fromthis,the generated S-box is benchmarked using side-channel attacks,and its performance is compared with highly nonlinear S-boxes,demonstrating comparable results.In addition,we present an application of our proposed S-box generator by incorporating it into an image encryption technique.The encrypted and decrypted images are tested by employing extensive standard security metrics,including the Number of Pixel Change Rate,the Unified Average Changing Intensity,information entropy,correlation coefficient,and histogram analysis.Moreover,the analysis is extended beyond conventional metrics to validate the new method using advanced tests,such as the NIST statistical test suite,robustness analysis,and noise and cropping attacks.Experimental outcomes show that the presented algorithm strengthens the existing encryption scheme against various well-known cryptographic attacks.展开更多
While biomaterials are endowed with sophisticated functions by the temporal dynamics and autonomy derived from non-equilibrium assemblies in biological systems,fabricating advanced materials counterparts with these fe...While biomaterials are endowed with sophisticated functions by the temporal dynamics and autonomy derived from non-equilibrium assemblies in biological systems,fabricating advanced materials counterparts with these features through kinetic control remains rare.Herein,we report a non-equilibrium hydrogel that exhibits autonomous time-dependent ultrabright fluorescence(quantum yield 0.90),achieved through the kinetically controlled incorporation of thermodynamic equilibrium host-vip complexes into a poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)(PHEMA)network.Transient complexes are programmed by coupling rapid assembly kinetics with the slow competitive binding of the polymer matrix.This kinetic mismatch converts a thermodynamic equilibrium supramolecular system into a non-equilibrium state,generating temporally dynamic fluorescence that cyclically shifts from yellow to green and self-reverts.The programmed temporal dynamics endow the hydrogel with high potential for information encryption applications.展开更多
Driven by advancements in mobile internet technology,images have become a crucial data medium.Ensuring the security of image information during transmission has thus emerged as an urgent challenge.This study proposes ...Driven by advancements in mobile internet technology,images have become a crucial data medium.Ensuring the security of image information during transmission has thus emerged as an urgent challenge.This study proposes a novel image encryption algorithm specifically designed for grayscale image security.This research introduces a new Cantor diagonal matrix permutation method.The proposed permutation method uses row and column index sequences to control the Cantor diagonal matrix,where the row and column index sequences are generated by a spatiotemporal chaotic system named coupled map lattice(CML).The high initial value sensitivity of the CML system makes the permutation method highly sensitive and secure.Additionally,leveraging fractal theory,this study introduces a chaotic fractal matrix and applies this matrix in the diffusion process.This chaotic fractal matrix exhibits selfsimilarity and irregularity.Using the Cantor diagonal matrix and chaotic fractal matrix,this paper introduces a fast image encryption algorithm involving two diffusion steps and one permutation step.Moreover,the algorithm achieves robust security with only a single encryption round,ensuring high operational efficiency.Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm features an expansive key space,robust security,high sensitivity,high efficiency,and superior statistical properties for the ciphered images.Thus,the proposed algorithm not only provides a practical solution for secure image transmission but also bridges fractal theory with image encryption techniques,thereby opening new research avenues in chaotic cryptography and advancing the development of information security technology.展开更多
In the age of big data,ensuring data privacy while enabling efficient encrypted data retrieval has become a critical challenge.Traditional searchable encryption schemes face difficulties in handling complex semantic q...In the age of big data,ensuring data privacy while enabling efficient encrypted data retrieval has become a critical challenge.Traditional searchable encryption schemes face difficulties in handling complex semantic queries.Additionally,they typically rely on honest but curious cloud servers,which introduces the risk of repudiation.Furthermore,the combined operations of search and verification increase system load,thereby reducing performance.Traditional verification mechanisms,which rely on complex hash constructions,suffer from low verification efficiency.To address these challenges,this paper proposes a blockchain-based contextual semantic-aware ciphertext retrieval scheme with efficient verification.Building on existing single and multi-keyword search methods,the scheme uses vector models to semantically train the dataset,enabling it to retain semantic information and achieve context-aware encrypted retrieval,significantly improving search accuracy.Additionally,a blockchain-based updatable master-slave chain storage model is designed,where the master chain stores encrypted keyword indexes and the slave chain stores verification information generated by zero-knowledge proofs,thus balancing system load while improving search and verification efficiency.Finally,an improved non-interactive zero-knowledge proof mechanism is introduced,reducing the computational complexity of verification and ensuring efficient validation of search results.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme offers stronger security,balanced overhead,and higher search verification efficiency.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2024QE446)。
文摘With the rapid development of intelligent electronic and military equipment,multifunctional flexible materials that integrat electromagnetic interference(EMI)shielding,temperature sensing,and information encryption are urgently required.This study presents a bio-inspired hierarchical composite foam fabricated using supercritical nitrogen foaming technology.This material exhibits a honeycomb structure,with pore cell sizes controllable within a range of 30–92μm by regulating the filler.The carbon fiber felt(CFf)provides efficient reflection of electromagnetic waves,while the chloroprene rubber/carbon fiber/carbon black foam facilitates both wave absorption and temperature monitoring through its optimized conductive network.This synergistic mechanism results in an EMI shielding effectiveness(SE)of 60.06 d B with excellent temperature sensing performance(The temperature coefficient of resistance(TCR)is-2.642%/℃)in the 24–70℃ range.Notably,the material has a thermal conductivity of up to 0.159 W/(m·K),and the bio-inspired layered design enables information encryption,demonstrating the material's potential for secure communication applications.The foam also has tensile properties of up to 5.13 MPa and a tear strength of 33.02 N/mm.This biomimetic design overcomes the traditional limitations of flexible materials and provides a transformative solution for next-generation applications such as flexible electronics,aerospace systems and military equipment,which urgently need integrated electromagnetic protection,thermal management and information security.
文摘The advent of 5G technology has significantly enhanced the transmission of images over networks,expanding data accessibility and exposure across various applications in digital technology and social media.Consequently,the protection of sensitive data has become increasingly critical.Regardless of the complexity of the encryption algorithm used,a robust and highly secure encryption key is essential,with randomness and key space being crucial factors.This paper proposes a new Robust Deoxyribonucleic Acid(RDNA)nucleotide-based encryption method.The RDNA encryption method leverages the unique properties of DNA nucleotides,including their inherent randomness and extensive key space,to generate a highly secure encryption key.By employing transposition and substitution operations,the RDNA method ensures significant diffusion and confusion in the encrypted images.Additionally,it utilises a pseudorandom generation technique based on the random sequence of nucleotides in the DNA secret key.The performance of the RDNA encryption method is evaluated through various statistical and visual tests,and compared against established encryption methods such as 3DES,AES,and a DNA-based method.Experimental results demonstrate that the RDNA encryption method outperforms its rivals in the literature,and achieves superior performance in terms of information entropy,avalanche effect,encryption execution time,and correlation reduction,while maintaining competitive values for NMAE,PSNR,NPCR,and UACI.The high degree of randomness and sensitivity to key changes inherent in the RDNA method offers enhanced security,making it highly resistant to brute force and differential attacks.
文摘A medical image encryption is proposed based on the Fisher-Yates scrambling,filter diffusion and S-box substitution.First,chaotic sequence associated with the plaintext is generated by logistic-sine-cosine system,which is used for the scrambling,substitution and diffusion processes.The three-dimensional Fisher-Yates scrambling,S-box substitution and diffusion are employed for the first round of encryption.The chaotic sequence is adopted for secondary encryption to scramble the ciphertext obtained in the first round.Then,three-dimensional filter is applied to diffusion for further useful information hiding.The key to the algorithm is generated by the combination of hash value of plaintext image and the input parameters.It improves resisting ability of plaintext attacks.The security analysis shows that the algorithm is effective and efficient.It can resist common attacks.In addition,the good diffusion effect shows that the scheme can solve the differential attacks encountered in the transmission of medical images and has positive implications for future research.
文摘In secure communications,lightweight encryption has become crucial,particularly for resource-constrained applications such as embedded devices,wireless sensor networks,and the Internet of Things(IoT).As these systems proliferate,cryptographic approaches that provide robust security while minimizing computing overhead,energy consumption,and memory usage are becoming increasingly essential.This study examines lightweight encryption techniques utilizing chaotic maps to ensure secure data transmission.Two algorithms are proposed,both employing the Logistic map;the first approach utilizes two logistic chaotic maps,while the second algorithm employs a single logistic chaotic map.Algorithm 1,including a two-stage mechanism that uses chaotic maps for both transposition and key generation,is distinguished by its robustness,guaranteeing a secure encryption method.The second techniqueutilized a single logistic chaoticmapeliminating the secondchaoticmapdecreases computing complexity while maintaining security.The efficacy of both algorithms was evaluated by subjecting them to NIST randomness tests following testing on text files of varying sizes.The findings demonstrate that the double chaotic map method regularly achieves elevated unpredictability and resilience.Conversely,the singular chaotic algorithm markedly lowers the duration necessary for encryption and decryption.These data suggest that while both algorithms are effective,their choice may be contingent upon specific security and processing speed requirements in practical applications.
基金supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through the large group research project under grant number RGP2/461/45the Deanship of Scientific Researchat Northern Border University,Arar,Saudi Arabia for funding this research work through the project number NBU-FFR-2025-3030-05.
文摘Satellite images are widely used for remote sensing and defence applications,however,they are subject to a variety of threats.To ensure the security and privacy of these images,theymust be watermarked and encrypted before communication.Therefore,this paper proposes a novel watermarked satellite image encryption scheme based on chaos,Deoxyribonucleic Acid(DNA)sequence,and hash algorithm.The watermark image,DNA sequence,and plaintext image are passed through the Secure Hash Algorithm(SHA-512)to compute the initial condition(keys)for the Tangent-Delay Ellipse Reflecting Cavity Map(TD-ERCS),Henon,and Duffing chaotic maps,respectively.Through bitwise XOR and substitution,the TD-ERCS map encrypts the watermark image.The ciphered watermark image is embedded in the plaintext image.The embedded plaintext image is permuted row-wise and column-wise using the Henon chaotic map.The permuted image is then bitwise XORed with the values obtained from the Duffing map.For additional security,the XORed image is substituted through a dynamic S-Box.To evaluate the efficiency and performance of the proposed algorithm,several tests are performed which prove its resistance to various types of attacks such as brute-force and statistical attacks.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan in China(Grant No.2020YFB1005500)。
文摘With increasing demand for data circulation,ensuring data security and privacy is paramount,specifically protecting privacy while maximizing utility.Blockchain,while decentralized and transparent,faces challenges in privacy protection and data verification,especially for sensitive data.Existing schemes often suffer from inefficiency and high overhead.We propose a privacy protection scheme using BGV homomorphic encryption and Pedersen Secret Sharing.This scheme enables secure computation on encrypted data,with Pedersen sharding and verifying the private key,ensuring data consistency and immutability.The blockchain framework manages key shards,verifies secrets,and aids security auditing.This approach allows for trusted computation without revealing the underlying data.Preliminary results demonstrate the scheme's feasibility in ensuring data privacy and security,making data available but not visible.This study provides an effective solution for data sharing and privacy protection in blockchain applications.
基金funded by the Jilin Provincial Department of Education Scientific Research Project(Project No.JJKH20250872KJ).
文摘With the continuous growth of exponential data in IoT,it is usually chosen to outsource data to the cloud server.However,cloud servers are usually provided by third parties,and there is a risk of privacy leakage.Encrypting data can ensure its security,but at the same time,it loses the retrieval function of IoT data.Searchable Encryption(SE)can achieve direct retrieval based on ciphertext data.The traditional searchable encryption scheme has the problems of imperfect function,low retrieval efficiency,inaccurate retrieval results,and centralized cloud servers being vulnerable and untrustworthy.This paper proposes an Efficient searchable encryption scheme supporting fuzzy multi-keyword ranking search on the blockchain.The blockchain and IPFS are used to store the index and encrypted files in a distributed manner respectively.The tamper resistance of the distributed ledger ensures the authenticity of the data.The data retrieval work is performed by the smart contract to ensure the reliability of the data retrieval.The Local Sensitive Hash(LSH)function is combined with the Bloom Filter(BF)to realize the fuzzy multi-keyword retrieval function.In addition,to measure the correlation between keywords and files,a new weighted statistical algorithm combining RegionalWeight Score(RWS)and Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency(TF-IDF)is proposed to rank the search results.The balanced binary tree is introduced to establish the index structure,and the index binary tree traversal strategy suitable for this scheme is constructed to optimize the index structure and improve the retrieval efficiency.The experimental results show that the scheme is safe and effective in practical applications.
文摘Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication networks consist of resource-constrained autonomous devices, also known as autonomous Internet of things (IoTs) or machine-type communication devices (MTCDs) which act as a backbone for Industrial IoT, smart cities, and other autonomous systems. Due to the limited computing and memory capacity, these devices cannot maintain strong security if conventional security methods are applied such as heavy encryption. This article proposed a novel lightweight mutual authentication scheme including elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) driven end-to-end encryption through curve25519 such as (i): efficient end-to-end encrypted communication with pre-calculation strategy using curve25519;and (ii): elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) based mutual authentication technique through a novel lightweight hash function. The proposed scheme attempts to efficiently counter all known perception layer security threats. Moreover, the pre-calculated key generation strategy resulted in cost-effective encryption with 192-bit curve security. It showed comparative efficiency in key strength, and curve strength compared with similar authentication schemes in terms of computational and memory cost, communication performance and encryption robustness.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFB3101500)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2023RC69).
文摘In wireless communication transmission,image encryption plays a key role in protecting data privacy against unauthorized access.However,conventional encryption methods often face challenges in key space security,particularly when relying on chaotic sequences,which may exhibit vulnerabilities to brute-force and predictability-based attacks.To address the limitations,this paper presents a robust and efficient encryption scheme that combines iterative hyper-chaotic systems and Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs).Firstly,a novel two-dimensional iterative hyper-chaotic system is proposed because of its complex dynamic behavior and expanded parameter space,which can enhance the key space complexity and randomness,ensuring resistance against cryptanalysis.Secondly,an innovative CNN architecture is introduced for generating the key stream for the cryptographic system.CNN architecture exhibits excellent nonlinearity and can further optimize the key generation process.To rigorously evaluate the encryption performance,extensive simulation analyses were conducted,including visualization,statistical histogram,information entropy,correlation,differential attack,and resistance.The method has shown a high NPCR(Number of Pixel Change Rate)of 99.642%and a UACI(Unified Average Changing Intensity)value of 33.465%,exhibiting powerful resistance to differential attacks.A series of comprehensive experimental tests have illustrated that the proposed scheme exhibits superior distribution characteristics,which underscores the robustness and efficacy of the image encryption,and helps for communication security.
基金supported by the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and technology(2021ZD0301300)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.3282024046,3282024052,3282024058,3282023017).
文摘Ciphertext data retrieval in cloud databases suffers from some critical limitations,such as inadequate security measures,disorganized key management practices,and insufficient retrieval access control capabilities.To address these problems,this paper proposes an enhanced Fully Homomorphic Encryption(FHE)algorithm based on an improved DGHV algorithm,coupled with an optimized ciphertext retrieval scheme.Our specific contributions are outlined as follows:First,we employ an authorization code to verify the user’s retrieval authority and perform hierarchical access control on cloud storage data.Second,a triple-key encryption mechanism,which separates the data encryption key,retrieval authorization key,and retrieval key,is designed.Different keys are provided to different entities to run corresponding system functions.The key separation architecture proves particularly advantageous in multi-verifier coexistence scenarios,environments involving untrusted third-party retrieval services.Finally,the enhanced DGHV-based retrieval mechanism extends conventional functionality by enabling multi-keyword queries with similarity-ranked results,thereby significantly improving both the functionality and usability of the FHE system.
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62303126,62362008,author Z.Z,https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/,accessed on 20 December 2024)Major Scientific and Technological Special Project of Guizhou Province([2024]014)+2 种基金Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects(No.ZK[2022]General149) ,author Z.Z,https://kjt.guizhou.gov.cn/,accessed on 20 December 2024)The Open Project of the Key Laboratory of Computing Power Network and Information Security,Ministry of Education under Grant 2023ZD037,author Z.Z,https://www.gzu.edu.cn/,accessed on 20 December 2024)Open Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology,Zhejiang University,China(No.ICT2024B25),author Z.Z,https://www.gzu.edu.cn/,accessed on 20 December 2024).
文摘Due to the development of cloud computing and machine learning,users can upload their data to the cloud for machine learning model training.However,dishonest clouds may infer user data,resulting in user data leakage.Previous schemes have achieved secure outsourced computing,but they suffer from low computational accuracy,difficult-to-handle heterogeneous distribution of data from multiple sources,and high computational cost,which result in extremely poor user experience and expensive cloud computing costs.To address the above problems,we propose amulti-precision,multi-sourced,andmulti-key outsourcing neural network training scheme.Firstly,we design a multi-precision functional encryption computation based on Euclidean division.Second,we design the outsourcing model training algorithm based on a multi-precision functional encryption with multi-sourced heterogeneity.Finally,we conduct experiments on three datasets.The results indicate that our framework achieves an accuracy improvement of 6%to 30%.Additionally,it offers a memory space optimization of 1.0×2^(24) times compared to the previous best approach.
文摘Attribute-based encryption(ABE)is a cryptographic framework that provides flexible access control by allowing encryption based on user attributes.ABE is widely applied in cloud storage,file sharing,e-Health,and digital rightsmanagement.ABE schemes rely on hard cryptographic assumptions such as pairings and others(pairingfree)to ensure their security against external and internal attacks.Internal attacks are carried out by authorized users who misuse their access to compromise security with potentially malicious intent.One common internal attack is the attribute collusion attack,in which users with different attribute keys collaborate to decrypt data they could not individually access.This paper focuses on the ciphertext-policy ABE(CP-ABE),a type of ABE where ciphertexts are produced with access policies.Our firstwork is to carry out the attribute collusion attack against several existing pairingfree CP-ABE schemes.As a main contribution,we introduce a novel attack,termed the anonymous key-leakage attack,concerning the context in which users could anonymously publish their secret keys associated with certain attributes on public platforms without the risk of detection.This kind of internal attack has not been defined or investigated in the literature.We then show that several prominent pairing-based CP-ABE schemes are vulnerable to this attack.We believe that this work will contribute to helping the community evaluate suitable CP-ABE schemes for secure deployment in real-life applications.
基金Project supported by the Basic Scientific Research Projects of Department of Education of Liaoning Province,China(Grant No.LJ212410152049)the Technological Innovation Projects in the field of artificial intelligence of Liaoning Province,China(Grant No.2023JH26/10300011)。
文摘Existing chaotic encryption schemes primarily focus on single types of images,making the design of hybrid image encryption schemes more suitable for practical applications.In this paper,a hyperchaotic map with a spherical attractor is proposed,which is constructed using spherical coordinates.Dynamical analyses reveal that the hyperchaotic map exhibits global hyperchaos and high complexity,making it capable of generating more complex chaotic sequences suitable for image encryption.A hybrid encryption scheme based on a hyperchaotic map is proposed for two-dimensional(2D)images,three-dimensional(3D)models,and 3D point clouds.Firstly,the pixels of 2D image and the coordinate data of 3D image are fused into a plaintext cube,which is combined with Hash-512 to obtain the initial value of the hyperchaotic map.Chaotic sequences are utilized for cube space internal confusion and dynamic cross-diffusion.The encrypted images demonstrate high information entropy,and the test results show that the encryption scheme effectively protects the images.The proposed hybrid image encryption scheme provides an efficient solution for securing various types of images.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2021MF049)Joint Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant Nos. ZR2022LLZ012 and ZR2021LLZ001)the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. 2023CXGC010901)。
文摘In the field of Internet, an image is of great significance to information transmission. Meanwhile, how to ensure and improve its security has become the focus of international research. We combine DNA codec with quantum Arnold transform(QAr T) to propose a new double encryption algorithm for quantum color images to improve the security and robustness of image encryption. First, we utilize the biological characteristics of DNA codecs to perform encoding and decoding operations on pixel color information in quantum color images, and achieve pixel-level diffusion. Second, we use QAr T to scramble the position information of quantum images and use the operated image as the key matrix for quantum XOR operations. All quantum operations in this paper are reversible, so the decryption operation of the ciphertext image can be realized by the reverse operation of the encryption process. We conduct simulation experiments on encryption and decryption using three color images of “Monkey”, “Flower”, and “House”. The experimental results show that the peak value and correlation of the encrypted images on the histogram have good similarity, and the average normalized pixel change rate(NPCR) of RGB three-channel is 99.61%, the average uniform average change intensity(UACI) is 33.41%,and the average information entropy is about 7.9992. In addition, the robustness of the proposed algorithm is verified by the simulation of noise interference in the actual scenario.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.National Natural Science Foundation of China(62425504,U21A20511,62275088).
文摘Public-key encryption is essential for secure communications,eliminating the need for pre-shared keys.However,traditional schemes such as RSA(Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)and elliptic curve cryptography rely on computational complexity,making them increasingly susceptible to advances in computing power and algorithms.Physical-layer encryption,which leverages the intrinsic properties of physical systems,offers a promising alternative with security rooted in physics.Despite progress in this field,public-key encryption at the optical layer remains largely unexplored.Here,we propose a novel optical public-key encryption scheme based on partially coherent light sources.The cryptographic keys are encoded in the incoherent optical transmission matrix of an on-chip Mach-Zehnder interferometer mesh,providing high complexity and resilience to computational attacks.We experimentally demonstrate encrypted image transmission over 40 km of optical fiber with high decryption fidelity and achieve a 10 Gbit/s optical encryption rate using a lithium niobate photonic chip.This represents the first implementation of public-key encryption at the physical optical layer.The approach offers key advantages in security,cost,energy efficiency,and compatibility with commercial optical communication systems.By integrating public-key encryption into photonic hardware,this work opens a new direction for secure and high-speed optical communications in next-generation networks.
文摘Military image encryption plays a vital role in ensuring the secure transmission of sensitive visual information from unauthorized access.This paper proposes a new Tri-independent keying method for encrypting military images.The proposed encryption method is based on multilevel security stages of pixel-level scrambling,bitlevel manipulation,and block-level shuffling operations.For having a vast key space,the input password is hashed by the Secure Hash Algorithm 256-bit(SHA-256)for generating independently deterministic keys used in the multilevel stages.A piecewise pixel-level scrambling function is introduced to perform a dual flipping process controlled with an adaptive key for obscuring the spatial relationships between the adjacent pixels.Adynamicmasking scheme is presented for conducting a bit-level manipulation based on distinct keys that change over image regions,providing completely different encryption results on identical regions.To handle the global correlation between large-scale patterns,a chaotic index-map system is employed for shuffling image regions randomly across the image domain based on a logistic map seeded with a private key.Experimental results on a dataset of military images show the effectiveness of the proposed encryption method in producing excellent quantitative and qualitative results.The proposed method obtains uniform histogram distributions,high entropy values around the ideal(≈8 bits),Number of Pixel Change Rate(NPCR)values above 99.5%,and low Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio(PSNR)over all encrypted images.This validates the robustness of the proposed method against cryptanalytic attacks,verifying its ability to serve as a practical basis for secure image transmission in defense systems.
文摘Elliptic curve(EC)based cryptosystems gained more attention due to enhanced security than the existing public key cryptosystems.A substitution box(S-box)plays a vital role in securing modern symmetric key cryptosystems.However,the recently developed EC based algorithms usually trade off between computational efficiency and security,necessitating the design of a new algorithm with the desired cryptographic strength.To address these shortcomings,this paper proposes a new scheme based onMordell elliptic curve(MEC)over the complex field for generating distinct,dynamic,and highly uncorrelated S-boxes.Furthermore,we count the exact number of the obtained S-boxes,and demonstrate that the permuted version of the presented S-box is statistically optimal.The nonsingularity of the presented algorithm and the injectivity of the resultant output are explored.Rigorous theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposedmethod is highly effective in generating a large number of dynamic S-boxes with adequate cryptographic properties,surpassing current state-of-the-art S-box generation algorithms in terms of security.Apart fromthis,the generated S-box is benchmarked using side-channel attacks,and its performance is compared with highly nonlinear S-boxes,demonstrating comparable results.In addition,we present an application of our proposed S-box generator by incorporating it into an image encryption technique.The encrypted and decrypted images are tested by employing extensive standard security metrics,including the Number of Pixel Change Rate,the Unified Average Changing Intensity,information entropy,correlation coefficient,and histogram analysis.Moreover,the analysis is extended beyond conventional metrics to validate the new method using advanced tests,such as the NIST statistical test suite,robustness analysis,and noise and cropping attacks.Experimental outcomes show that the presented algorithm strengthens the existing encryption scheme against various well-known cryptographic attacks.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22025503,22220102004,22401093)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(24DX1400200)+2 种基金the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(2023ZKZD40)the Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(B16017)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M741167,GZB20230211,2024T170273)。
文摘While biomaterials are endowed with sophisticated functions by the temporal dynamics and autonomy derived from non-equilibrium assemblies in biological systems,fabricating advanced materials counterparts with these features through kinetic control remains rare.Herein,we report a non-equilibrium hydrogel that exhibits autonomous time-dependent ultrabright fluorescence(quantum yield 0.90),achieved through the kinetically controlled incorporation of thermodynamic equilibrium host-vip complexes into a poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)(PHEMA)network.Transient complexes are programmed by coupling rapid assembly kinetics with the slow competitive binding of the polymer matrix.This kinetic mismatch converts a thermodynamic equilibrium supramolecular system into a non-equilibrium state,generating temporally dynamic fluorescence that cyclically shifts from yellow to green and self-reverts.The programmed temporal dynamics endow the hydrogel with high potential for information encryption applications.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62376106)The Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province(20250102212JC).
文摘Driven by advancements in mobile internet technology,images have become a crucial data medium.Ensuring the security of image information during transmission has thus emerged as an urgent challenge.This study proposes a novel image encryption algorithm specifically designed for grayscale image security.This research introduces a new Cantor diagonal matrix permutation method.The proposed permutation method uses row and column index sequences to control the Cantor diagonal matrix,where the row and column index sequences are generated by a spatiotemporal chaotic system named coupled map lattice(CML).The high initial value sensitivity of the CML system makes the permutation method highly sensitive and secure.Additionally,leveraging fractal theory,this study introduces a chaotic fractal matrix and applies this matrix in the diffusion process.This chaotic fractal matrix exhibits selfsimilarity and irregularity.Using the Cantor diagonal matrix and chaotic fractal matrix,this paper introduces a fast image encryption algorithm involving two diffusion steps and one permutation step.Moreover,the algorithm achieves robust security with only a single encryption round,ensuring high operational efficiency.Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm features an expansive key space,robust security,high sensitivity,high efficiency,and superior statistical properties for the ciphered images.Thus,the proposed algorithm not only provides a practical solution for secure image transmission but also bridges fractal theory with image encryption techniques,thereby opening new research avenues in chaotic cryptography and advancing the development of information security technology.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62262073in part by the Yunnan Provincial Ten Thousand People Program for Young Top Talents under Grant YNWR-QNBJ-2019-237in part by the Yunnan Provincial Major Science and Technology Special Program under Grant 202402AD080002.
文摘In the age of big data,ensuring data privacy while enabling efficient encrypted data retrieval has become a critical challenge.Traditional searchable encryption schemes face difficulties in handling complex semantic queries.Additionally,they typically rely on honest but curious cloud servers,which introduces the risk of repudiation.Furthermore,the combined operations of search and verification increase system load,thereby reducing performance.Traditional verification mechanisms,which rely on complex hash constructions,suffer from low verification efficiency.To address these challenges,this paper proposes a blockchain-based contextual semantic-aware ciphertext retrieval scheme with efficient verification.Building on existing single and multi-keyword search methods,the scheme uses vector models to semantically train the dataset,enabling it to retain semantic information and achieve context-aware encrypted retrieval,significantly improving search accuracy.Additionally,a blockchain-based updatable master-slave chain storage model is designed,where the master chain stores encrypted keyword indexes and the slave chain stores verification information generated by zero-knowledge proofs,thus balancing system load while improving search and verification efficiency.Finally,an improved non-interactive zero-knowledge proof mechanism is introduced,reducing the computational complexity of verification and ensuring efficient validation of search results.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme offers stronger security,balanced overhead,and higher search verification efficiency.