Course Information and Materials

Week 01

Sep 11
Lecture Introduction to Computer Security
Ref 1;
Ref 2
Sep 12
Lab No Lab this week

Week 02

Sep 18
Lecture Buffer Over-Flow and Control Hijacking
Ref1;
Ref2;
Sep 20
Lab Lab-01 handout and tarball is available!

Week 03

Sep 25
Lecture Format String, Double Free and Buffer Overflow Defence
Ref 1;
Ref 2
Sep 26
Lab Lab-1 @ SF 1013. Cassie will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.
Sep 26
Additional Video Example: Format String Attack (optional course content for explaining the detailed steps of format string attack example in Lecture 03)

Week 04

Oct 2
Lecture Introduction to cryptography
Ref1;
Ref2
Oct 3
Lab Lab-1 @ SF 1013. Cassie will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.

Week 05

Oct 9
Lecture Public Holiday, No Lecture
Oct 10
Lab No labs this week.

Week 06

Oct 16
Lecture Introduction to cryptography 2 and Side Channel Attacks
Ref1;Ref2;Ref3
Lab Lab-02 handout and tarball is available.
Oct 17
Lab Lab-2 @ SF 1013. Yuqin will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.

Week 07

Oct 23
Invited Lecture Cyber Financial Crime Victimization by Katelyn Ma
Oct 24
Lab Lab-2 @ SF 1013. Yuqin will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.

Week 08

Oct 30
Exam Mid-Term Exam @ SF 3202 18:30–20:30. 1 double-sided A4 paper cheat sheet allowed.
Past Exams: 2021-Midterm; 2019-Midterm
Lecture Network Security 01 Lecture Video and Lecture Slides
Ref1; Ref2; Ref3
Oct 31
Lab No Labs this week.

Week 09

Nov 05
Lab Lab-03 handout is released.
Nov 06 – 10
Reading Week University of Toronto 2023 Fall Session Reading Week: No classes.

Week 10

Nov 13
Lecture Network Security 02
Ref1; Ref2
Nov 14
Lab Lab-3 @ SF 1013. Wendy will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.

Week 11

Nov 20
Lecture Web Security
Ref1,
Ref2,
Ref3,
Ref4

Lab Lab-04 handout is released.

Nov 21
Lab Lab-4 @ SF 1013 from 2-5. Shawn will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.

Week 12

Nov 27
Lecture Web Security 02 and Cryptography 03
Nov 28
Lab Lab-4 @ SF 1013 from 2-5. Shawn will be present at the lab for potential questions. Lab attendance is not mandatory.

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