| Readings | Topic | Date | Attack Presentations |
Course Project Deadlines |
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| Week 1 | Essential Crypto | ||||
| 1/8/15* | |||||
| Week 2 | Welcome / Crypto | 1/13/15 | |||
| 1/15/15 | |||||
| Week 3 | Crypto Failures | 1/20/15 | |||
| 1/22/15 |
Factoring weak keys |
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| Week 4 | Binary Exploitation | 1/27/15 | |||
| 1/29/15 |
Control-flow exploitation |
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| Week 5 | Malicious Software | 2/3/15 |
Compiler Trojan horse |
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| 2/5/15* |
Kernel-level rootkit |
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| Week 6 | Web Security | 2/10/15* |
Malicious code in websites |
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| 2/12/15 |
Abusing cookies |
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| Week 7 | Human Factors | 2/17/15 |
CAPTCHA cracking Password cracking |
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| 2/19/15* |
Fooling web users |
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| Week 8 | Mobile Security | 2/24/15 |
Smartphone spyware Jailbreaking |
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| 2/26/15 |
Pre-proposal presented in class |
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| “Spring” Break | |||||
| Week 9 | Network Security | 3/10/15 |
TCP attacks DNS cache poisoning |
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| 3/12/15 |
Rogue wireless access point |
Written proposal due Friday 3/13 |
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| Week 10 | Advanced Threats | 3/17/15* |
Hardware Trojan |
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| 3/19/15* |
Firmware-resident malware |
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| Week 11 | Critical Systems | 3/24/15* |
Malicious peripherals |
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| 3/26/15 |
TLS protocol attacks |
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| Week 12 | Privacy and Confidentiality | 3/31/15 |
Web tracking Deanonymizing search data |
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| 4/2/15 |
Cold-boot attack |
Project checkpoint due Friday 4/3 |
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| Week 13 | Online Freedom | 4/7/15* |
Traffic deanonymization |
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| 4/9/15* | |||||
| Week 14 | Project Presentations | 4/14/15 |
Final presentations |
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| 4/16/15 |
Final presentations |
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| Week 15 | Physical Security | 4/21/15 |
Final paper due Friday 4/24 |
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