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Breaking a chaotic image encryption algorithm based on modulo addition and XOR operation

Cryptography and Security 2016-09-30 v2

Abstract

This paper re-evaluates the security of a chaotic image encryption algorithm called MCKBA/HCKBA and finds that it can be broken efficiently with two known plain-images and the corresponding cipher-images. In addition, it is reported that a previously proposed breaking on MCKBA/HCKBA can be further improved by reducing the number of chosen plain-images from four to two. The two attacks are both based on the properties of solving a composite function involving the carry bit, which is composed of the modulo addition and the bitwise OR operations. Both rigorous theoretical analysis and detailed experimental results are provided.

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@article{arxiv.1207.6536,
  title  = {Breaking a chaotic image encryption algorithm based on modulo addition and XOR operation},
  author = {Chengqing Li and Yuansheng Liu and Leo Yu Zhang and Michael Z. Q. Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.6536},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures

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