Computer & Network Security

EECS 588 – Winter 2014

OverviewScheduleReadingsAttack PresentationsCourse Project

Readings	Topic	Date	Attack Presentations	Course Project Deadlines
Week 1	Essential Crypto
		1/9/14*
Week 2	Welcome / Crypto	1/14/14
		1/16/14
Week 3	Crypto Failures	1/21/14
		1/23/14	Factoring weak keys
Week 4	Binary Exploitation	1/28/14*
		1/30/14*	Control-flow exploitation
Week 5	Malicious Software	2/4/14	Compiler Trojan horse
		2/6/14	Kernel-level rootkit
Week 6	Web Security	2/11/14*	Malicious code in websites
		2/13/14	Abusing cookies Browser DNS rebinding
Week 7	Human Factors	2/18/14	CAPTCHA cracking Password cracking
		2/20/14	Fooling web users
Week 8	Mobile Security	2/25/14	Smartphone spyware Jailbreaking
		2/27/14		Pre-proposal presented in class
“Spring” Break
Week 9	Network Security	3/11/14	TCP attacks DNS cache poisoning
		3/13/14	Rogue wireless access point	Written proposal due Friday 3/14
Week 10	Advanced Threats	3/18/14	Hardware Trojan
		3/20/14	Firmware-resident malware
Week 11	Critical Systems	3/25/14	Malicious peripherals
		3/27/14	TLS protocol attacks
Week 12	Privacy and Confidentiality	4/1/14	Web tracking Deanonymizing search data
		4/3/14	Cold-boot attack	Project checkpoint due Friday 4/4
Week 13	Online Freedom	4/8/14*	Traffic deanonymization
		4/10/14*	VoIP side channels
Week 14	Project Presentations	4/15/14		Final presentations
		4/17/14		Final presentations
Week 15	Physical Security	4/22/14		Final paper due Friday 4/25