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COM-301: Computer security and privacy

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Lectures in this course (60)

Malware: Types of malware

Explores various types of malware, defenses against them, and real-world examples like Stuxnet worm targeting Iran's nuclear power plants.

Malware: Botnets

Explores botnets, networks of compromised hosts controlled by a single entity, and defense strategies against them, highlighting the impact of malicious software.

Digital Proximity Tracing: SwissCovid Protocol Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the SwissCovid protocol for digital proximity tracing and access control mechanisms like DAC and MAC.

Security Design Principles: Preliminaries Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers basic security concepts, adversarial thinking, security mechanisms, and responsible conduct in security design principles.

Mandatory Access Control: Principles and Security Models Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores Mandatory Access Control principles, security models, the Chinese Wall model, covert communication channels, and the importance of sanitization in business.

Security Principles: Work Factor & Compromise Recording

Explores the work factor and compromise recording principles in computer security, emphasizing cost evaluation and tamper-evident logs.

Applied Cryptography: Symmetric Encryption and Hash Functions Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Introduces symmetric encryption, hash functions, and their practical applications in cryptography.

Asymmetric Cryptography and Password-based Authentication Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers asymmetric cryptography, hybrid encryption, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, authentication challenges, secure password storage, and transfer methods.

Biometrics & Tokens: Advantages, Authentication, & Adversarial Reasoning Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores biometrics, tokens, authentication processes, and adversarial reasoning in security engineering.

Adversarial Reasoning: Threat Modeling and CWEs Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores threat modeling, CWE database, and software vulnerabilities like OS Injection and Cross-site Scripting.

Software Security: Memory Safety and Execution Attacks Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers memory safety, execution attacks, vulnerabilities, and defense mechanisms in software security.

Security Testing and Spoofing Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers security testing techniques, spoofing vulnerabilities, encryption bans, and network security properties.

Network Security: DNS, BGP, IP, TCP, TLS Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers IP routing, DNS spoofing, BGP security weaknesses, and defense mechanisms against network attacks.

Network Security: DoS and Privacy Introduction Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores network security, DoS attacks, privacy importance, and practical defense strategies against cyber threats.

Privacy: Protecting Personal Data and Ensuring Anonymity Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores risks of data exposure and strategies for defending privacy.

Malware: Types, Defense, and Botnets Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores various malware types, spread mechanisms, defense strategies, and network security implications.

Access control: introduction

Covers the concept of access control in computer security, its importance, implementation, and policy decision approaches.

Discretionary Access Control I

Covers the implementation of Discretionary Access Control using Access Control Matrix and Lists.

Discretionary Access Control II

Explores alternative access control implementations and the confused deputy problem in access control systems.

Discretionary Access Control: Linux and Windows

Explores access control in Linux and Windows, covering Unix user identities, file access control lists, special users, super users, and Windows' discretionary access control lists.

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