“…A nonlinear system exhibiting chaotic behavior should possess high sensitivity, ergodicity, unpredictability, and initial value sensitivity, as per Devaney’s definition [ 2 ]. These important properties make it popular in security applications such as audio encryption [ 3 , 4 ], image encryption [ 5 , 6 , 7 ], image watermarking [ 8 , 9 ], and data hiding [ 10 , 11 , 12 ]. For these chaotic-based applications, the security largely depends on the performance of the underlying chaotic system.…”