Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Information Security and Privacy"

A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Security and Privacy".

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College of Computer and Cyber Security, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
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Department of Computer Science, Cybersecurity Education, Research & Outreach Center, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505, USA
Interests: cybersecurity; cyber–physical systems; artificial intelligence; secure and trustworthy cyberspace
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Information Security and Privacy Science Collection series aims to publish original research and critical papers on all areas of security and privacy, including cloud storage security, access control, business security, searchable encryption, healthcare and social security, information security, communication security, and privacy. Other related fields include biometric-based security, cryptographic systems, digital signature, IoT security, embedded security, security and privacy data analysis, integrated security design solutions, monitoring, etc.

Specifically, the scope of the Editorial Board Member Essays series includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Secure communication;
  • Applied cryptography
  • Access control and identity management;
  • Encryption technology;
  • Blockchain;
  • Cloud storage security;
  • Formal methods for security and privacy;
  • Digital signature;
  • Threat intelligence;
  • Safe operation;
  • Virtualization security;
  • Internet of Things security;
  • Digital forensics;
  • Data privacy;
  • Database security;
  • Data mining security;
  • Big data security;
  • Risk management;
  • Application security;
  • Infrastructure security;
  • Searchable encryption;
  • Cloud security;
  • Network security.

Prof. Dr. Jiguo Li
Dr. Maanak Gupta
Prof. Dr. Leandros Maglaras
Guest Editors

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A New Time Series Dataset for Cyber-Threat Correlation, Regression and Neural-Network-Based Forecasting
by Fahim Sufi
Information 2024, 15(4), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/info15040199 - 04 Apr 2024
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In the face of escalating cyber threats that have contributed significantly to global economic losses, this study presents a comprehensive dataset capturing the multifaceted nature of cyber-attacks across 225 countries over a 14-month period from October 2022 to December 2023. The dataset, comprising [...] Read more.
In the face of escalating cyber threats that have contributed significantly to global economic losses, this study presents a comprehensive dataset capturing the multifaceted nature of cyber-attacks across 225 countries over a 14-month period from October 2022 to December 2023. The dataset, comprising 77,623 rows and 18 fields, provides a detailed chronology of cyber-attacks, categorized into eight critical dimensions: spam, ransomware, local infection, exploit, malicious mail, network attack, on-demand scan, and web threat. The dataset also includes ranking data, offering a comparative view of countries’ susceptibility to different cyber threats. The results reveal significant variations in the frequency and intensity of cyber-attacks across different countries and attack types. The data were meticulously compiled using modern AI-based data acquisition techniques, ensuring a high degree of accuracy and comprehensiveness. Correlation tests against the eight types of cyber-attacks resulted in the determination that on-demand scan and local infection are highly correlated, with a correlation coefficient of 0.93. Lastly, neural-network-based forecasting of these highly correlated factors (i.e., on-demand scan and local infection) reveals a similar pattern of prediction, with an MSE and an MAPE of 1.616 and 80.13, respectively. The study’s conclusions provide critical insights into the global landscape of cyber threats, highlighting the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures. Full article
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A Traceable Universal Designated Verifier Transitive Signature Scheme
by Shaonan Hou, Chengjun Lin and Shaojun Yang
Information 2024, 15(1), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/info15010043 - 12 Jan 2024
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A transitive signature scheme enables anyone to obtain the signature on edge (i,k) by combining the signatures on edges (i,j) and (j,k), but it suffers from signature theft and signature [...] Read more.
A transitive signature scheme enables anyone to obtain the signature on edge (i,k) by combining the signatures on edges (i,j) and (j,k), but it suffers from signature theft and signature abuse. The existing work has solved these problems using a universal designated verifier transitive signature (UDVTS). However, the UDVTS scheme only enables the designated verifier to authenticate signatures, which provides a simple way for the signer to deny having signed some messages. The fact that the UDVTS is not publicly verifiable prevents the verifier from seeking help arbitrating the source of signatures. Based on this problem, this paper proposes a traceable universal designated verifier transitive signature (TUDVTS) and its security model. We introduce a tracer into the system who will trace the signature back to its true source after the verifier has submitted an application for arbitration. To show the feasibility of our primitive, we construct a concrete scheme from a bilinear group pair (G,GT) of prime order and prove that the scheme satisfies unforgeability, privacy, and traceability. Full article
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Efficient Revocable Attribute-Based Encryption with Data Integrity and Key Escrow-Free
by Meijuan Huang, Yutian Liu, Bo Yang, Yanqi Zhao and Mingrui Zhang
Information 2024, 15(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/info15010032 - 07 Jan 2024
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Revocable attribute-based encryption (RABE) provides greater flexibility and fine-grained access control for data sharing. However, the revocation process for most RABE schemes today is performed by the cloud storage provider (CSP). Since the CSP is an honest and curious third party, there is [...] Read more.
Revocable attribute-based encryption (RABE) provides greater flexibility and fine-grained access control for data sharing. However, the revocation process for most RABE schemes today is performed by the cloud storage provider (CSP). Since the CSP is an honest and curious third party, there is no guarantee that the plaintext data corresponding to the new ciphertext after revocation is the same as the original plaintext data. In addition, most attribute-based encryption schemes suffer from issues related to key escrow. To overcome the aforementioned issues, we present an efficient RABE scheme that supports data integrity while also addressing the key escrow issue. We demonstrate the security for our system, which is reduced to the decisional q-parallel bilinear Diffie-Hellman exponent (q-PBDHE) assumption and discrete logarithm (DL) assumption. The performance analysis illustrates that our scheme is efficient. Full article
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