Blockchain meets covert communication: A survey

Z Chen, L Zhu, P Jiang, C Zhang, F Gao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert communication enables covert information transmission in an undetectable way to
prevent the exposure of communication behaviors. Blockchain-based covert communication …

Covert channels in blockchain and blockchain based covert communication: Overview, state-of-the-art, and future directions

T Zhang, B Li, Y Zhu, T Han, Q Wu - Computer Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditional network covert channels have become insecure due to the continuous
improvement of traffic analysis techniques. As an emerging technology combined with …

Research on a covert communication model realized by using smart contracts in blockchain environment

L Zhang, Z Zhang, W Wang, Z Jin, Y Su… - IEEE Systems …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The traditional covert communication channel relying on a third-party node is vulnerable to
attack. The data are easily tampered with and the identity information of the communication …

A double steganography model combining blockchain and interplanetary file system

W She, L Huo, Z Tian, Y Zhuang, C Niu… - Peer-to-Peer Networking …, 2021 - Springer
The secret information may be compromised for the lack of security and concealment in
conventional covert communication. Blockchain is a suitable platform for establishing covert …

A covert channel over blockchain based on label tree without long waiting times

Z Wang, L Zhang, R Guo, G Wang, J Qiu, S Su, Y Liu… - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Blockchain, as a decentralized database, provides natural anonymity and tamper-
resistance, safeguarding the identity of both parties in covert communication and preventing …

Chain-based covert data embedding schemes in blockchain

H Cao, H Yin, F Gao, Z Zhang… - IEEE Internet of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The quality of covert communications is determined by the choice of communication
channels and the design of data embedding schemes. Recently, the Bitcoin system is …

MRCC: a practical covert channel over Monero with provable security

Z Guo, L Shi, M Xu, H Yin - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Covert channels are designed to protect the communication relationship of the sender and
receiver. Traditional covert channels have become insecure due to the continuous …

EBDL: Effective blockchain-based covert storage channel with dynamic labels

C Zhang, L Zhu, C Xu, Z Zhang, R Lu - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Blockchain-based covert communication has opened up a new research direction for the
covert communication field. In blockchain-based storage covert communication, reliability …

区块链隐蔽通信的构建技术及检测方法研究综述.

佘维, 荣欣鹏, 贾骏, 刘炜… - Journal of Zhengzhou …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
通信双方修改某类共享资源且不引起其他用户注意的通信方法被称作隐蔽通信,
而区块链作为一种去信任, 可溯源, 不可篡改的分布式数据共享技术平台, 伴随着相关领域拓展的 …

Exploring unobservable blockchain-based covert channel for censorship-resistant systems

Z Chen, L Zhu, P Jiang, C Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Blockchain-based censorship-resistant systems enable the user to access the blocked
content through a covert channel while avoiding a suspicious network connection between …