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Breaking an image encryption algorithm based on hyper-chaotic system with only one round diffusion process

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A chaos-based cryptosystem has exhibited some unconventionally excellent properties. At the same time, it is of vital significance for its advancement to give a mathematically rigorous cryptanalysis. In this study, we analyze the security of an image encryption algorithm, whose main idea is to use the sum of image data for encryption. By applying known plaintext and chosen plaintext attacks, we show that all the secret keys can be revealed.

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The work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC (Grant No. 2011jjjq40001).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Dependable Service Computing in Cyber Physical Society of Ministry of Education, College of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing,  400044, China

    Yushu Zhang, Di Xiao & Ming Li

  2. School of Information Technology, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang,  330013, China

    Wenying Wen

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Zhang, Y., Xiao, D., Wen, W. et al. Breaking an image encryption algorithm based on hyper-chaotic system with only one round diffusion process. Nonlinear Dyn 76, 1645–1650 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-014-1235-2

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