A new fast double-chaotic based Image encryption scheme

Abstract

In this paper, a new scheme for image encryption based on a double chaotic pseudo random generator (DCPG), simple XOR and shift rotations operations is proposed. The DCPG is a combination of both Tent and Chebyshev chaotic and so it needs three values of control parameters which are used as shared secret keys. The encryption consists of two rounds. In the first round, the hash value of the input image is computed using SHA-512. This value also is used as a forth shared secret key and from which, 4 amounts of the shift rotations are extracted. A pseudorandom sequence is generated using the proposed DCPG with the same size of the input image. This sequence and also the input image are divided into blocks of size 1 × 8. Each block of input image is processed with the corresponding block of the pseudorandom sequence using simple shift rotation and XOR operation. To extend the effect of the original image one pixel change to all the pixels of the cipher image, a second round of XOR operation is added. The proposed scheme has many advantages. It is highly secure due to two reasons. Firstly, it uses four secret keys for encryption which provides a large key space to overcome all types of brute force attacks. Secondly, the amounts of shift rotation used are input image dependent which achieves a strong resistance against chosen plaintext attacks. Also, it is more efficient compared to other recently existing schemes as it consists only of two rounds of simple operations. Security analysis of scheme has been provided. Based on the results, our scheme is highly secure with a reduced encryption time and so it can be used for many applications which require real time secure image communications.