Selected Topics in IT-Security

CS 408 | English

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Frederik Armknecht
Teaching Assistant: Youzhe Heng

The large-scale deployment of Internet-based services and the open nature of the Internet come alongside with the increase of security threats against existing services. As the size of the global network grows, the incentives of attackers to abuse the operation of online applications also increase and their advantage in mounting successful attacks becomes considerable.

These cyber-attacks often target the resources, availability, and operation of online services. In the recent years, a considerable number of online services such as Amazon, CNN, eBay, and Yahoo were hit by online attacks; the losses in revenues of Amazon and Yahoo were almost 1.1 million US dollars. With an increasing number of services relying on online resources, security becomes an essential component of every system.

This course aims to increase the security awareness of students and offers them a basic understanding with respect to a variety of interesting topics. After this course, students will be able to (1) learn about symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes, (2) classify and describe vulnerabilities and protection mechanisms of popular network protocols, web protocols, and software systems (3) analyze / reason about basic protection mechanisms for modern OSs, software and hardware systems.

Exam Information and Dates

The final exam is a 90 minute written in-person exam. You may find up-to-date information on the exam schedule at https://portal2.uni-mannheim.de/portal2...flow. Please also check the “My Studies – My registrations” section in your student portal. The regular and re-sit exam dates, respectively, for the FSS 2024 will be made available as soon as they have been determined by the university administration.

Lecture and Exercise

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ILIAS & Portal²

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Once registered, you may access the course using the following URL: https://ilias.uni-mannheim.de/goto.php?target=crs_1475793

Lecture Topics (tentative)

Security Goals
Crash Course in Cryptography
Access Control
Authentication
Social Engineering
E-Mail Security
System Vulnerabilities
Malware
Network Security
Web Security
Bitcoin
Privacy

Lecture Roadmap (2024)

Tentative Agenda (Last update on: 2024-02-14)
Date	Time	Room	Topics	Lecturers
Feb. 15	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Intro to and organization of this lecture	Armknecht
Feb. 16	---	---	---	---
Feb. 22	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Introduction	Armknecht
Feb. 23	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 01	Heng
Feb. 29	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Access Control	Armknecht
Mar. 01	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 02	Heng
Mar. 07	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Authentication	Armknecht
Mar. 08	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	---	---
Mar. 14	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Social Engineering	Armknecht
Mar. 15	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 03	Heng
Mar. 21	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	E-Mail Security	Armknecht
Mar. 22	---	---	---	---
Mar. 28	---	---	/** Easter	---
Mar. 29	---	---	* ...	---
Apr. 04	---	---	* ...	---
Apr. 05	---	---	* Break **/	---
Apr. 11	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	---	---
Apr. 12	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Vulnerabilities	Armknecht
Apr. 18	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Malware	Armknecht
Apr. 19	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 04	Heng
Apr. 25	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	WLAN Security	Armknecht
Apr. 26	---	---	---	---
May 02	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Network Security	Armknecht
May 03	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 05	Heng
May 09	---	---	//Ascension Day (Public Holiday)	---
May 10	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Web Security	Armknecht
May 16	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Bitcoin	Armknecht
May 17	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 06	Heng
May 23	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	External speaker (Deutsche Bank)
May 24	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Exercise Session 07	Heng
May 30	---	---	//Corpus Christi (Public Holiday)	---
May 31	13:45 – 15:15	A5, B1.44	Lecture and Q'n'A	All