CAP6135:
Malware and Software Vulnerability Analysis
(Spring 2015)
Home Schedule notes Assignment
Instructor: Dr. Cliff Zou (HEC-243), 407-823-5015, czou@cs.ucf.edu
Course Time: TuTh 10:30am-11:45am, ENG2- 103
Office Hour:
TuTh 9:00am-10:30am
Course Webpage:
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~czou/CAP6135-15/
Syllabus: PDF
Video Streaming: We will use the new Mediasite system for video streaming, which is very similar to Tegrity in previous semesters. Recorded videos can be accessed via the “Modules” link in Webcourse. Both face-to-face session (0R01) and online session (0V61) students can access the lecture video. Each class video will be available in late afternoon after each face-to-face lecture. Webcourse will be used for assignment release and submission.
Prerequisite: Good programming skill (preferring
C or C++);
knowledge on computer architecture, algorithm, and networking;
knowledge of
basic usage of Unix machine.
Textbook: No require textbook.
We will use research papers and some contents from the
following reference books.
Description:
This course will
provide an
introduction to several important aspects about malicious
codes and software
security, including Internet virus/worm/spam, typical software
vulnerabilities
(e.g., buffer overflow), software fuzz testing, secure
programming, vulnerability
prevention techniques, etc. In addition, we will provide
representative
research papers on software security and malware research for
students to read,
present and discuss in order to learn the frontier of software
security
research. Students will have a research-format term project to
work on a software
security related research topic selected by themselves. During
the semester, we
will have about three programming projects on topics such
as
buffer-overflow exploit, fuzz testing, network traffic
monitoring, etc.
Grading:
+/- grading system will be used as A, A-, B+, B, etc. The tentative weights are as follows:
Task Items Face-to-face students Video streaming students