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In this paper, an asymmetric hybrid cryptosystem with coherent superposition, equal modulus and random decomposition in hybrid transform domain is proposed. To further strengthen the security of the cryptosystem, a hyperchaotic system is used as a pixel-swapping procedure. The hybrid transform is generated by utilizing fractional Fourier transform of various orders and Walsh transform. The hyperchaotic framework’s parameters and starting conditions alongside the fractional orders of the fractional Fourier transform extend the key-space and consequently give extra strength to the proposed cryptosystem. The designed cryptosystem has an extended key-space to avoid any brute-force attack and is non-linear in nature. The scheme is validated on gray-scale images. Computer based simulations have been performed to verify the validity and the performance of the proposed cryptosystem against different types of attacks. Results demonstrate that the proposed cryptosystem not only offers higher protection against noise attacks but is also invulnerable to special attack.