Recently, Choi \emph{et al}. proposed an assumption on Mayers-Lo-Chau (MLC)
no-go theorem that the state of the entire quantum system is invariable to both
participants before the unveiling phase. This means that the theorem is only
applicable to static quantum bit commitment (QBC). This paper find that the
assumption is unnecessary and the MLC no-go theorem can be applied to not only
static QBC, but also non-static one.
Recently, a chaos-based image encryption algorithm called MCKBA (Modified
Chaotic-Key Based Algorithm) was proposed. This paper analyzes the security of
MCKBA and finds that it can be broken with a differential attack, which
requires only four chosen plain-images. Performance of the attack is verified
by experimental results. In addition, some defects of MCKBA, including
insensitivity with respect to changes of plain-image/secret key, are reported.
Recently, an image encryption scheme based on chaotic standard and logistic
maps was proposed. It was reported by a research group that an equivalent
secret key can be reconstructed with only one pair of known-plaintext.
Afterward, the scheme was enhanced by the original authors. Unfortunately, this
paper find that the modified version still can be broken with the same breaking
method. In addition, some other security defects existing in both the two
schemes are reported.
In [\textit{Pattern Recognition Letters}, in press,
doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2009.11.008], an image scrambling encryption algorithm of
pixel bit based on chaos map was proposed. Considering the algorithm as a
typical binary image scrambling/permutation algorithm exerting on plaintext of
size $M\times (8N)$, this paper proposes a novel optimal method to break it
with some known/chosen-plaintexts. Both spacial complexity and computational
complexity of the attack are only $O(8\cdot n_0\cdot MN)$, $n_0$ is the number
of known/chosen-plaintexts used.