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In this paper, we present a non-interactive authentication scheme providing privacy among drivers in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication networks. Where the drivers, who are members of V2V networks, are organized into groups. Each group has a shared public key between members. Additionally, each member has a private key provided by the Third Trusted Party (TTP). In our proposed scheme, we ensure driver's privacy by allowing members to change their own set of public keys frequently using the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA). The TTP sends to each member a token of his original set of public keys. This member can find noninteractively a new token corresponding to the new set of public keys, and hence vehicles can exchange the safety critical information without requiring a control from the TTP. In case of a malicious behavior, the identity of the signer can be revealed only by the TTP.

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The increasing demand for wireless communication introduces efficient spectrum utilization challenge. To address this challenge, Cognitive Radio (CR) has emerged as the key technology, which enables opportunistic access to the spectrum. However, security is a very important issue but not well addressed in CR networks. In this paper, we focus on security problems arising from Primary User Emulation (PUE) attacks in CR networks where the selfish or malicious node emulates primary user's signals to prevent other secondary users from accessing that frequency band. Our system is based on the deployment of multiple stages of "helper" nodes, helper nodes in the first stage are stationary, close to primary user and responsible for detecting and authenticating primary user's signal based on matched filter spectrum-sensing technique. However, helper nodes in the next stages are placed within the primary user's coverage area and serve as bridges for forwarding the spectrum status information to enable secondary users to verify the cryptographic signature carried by the helper nodes' signals. Moreover, the effect of PUE attack on the performance of matched-filter-based spectrum-sensing technique is illustrated.