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COMS4507/7507 Lecture Notes

 

Week

Lecture Topic

pdf file

1

Course Administration, Introduction,
Secret Sharing

COMS4507_W1.pdf

2

Secret Sharing, Bit Commitment

COMS4507_W2.pdf

3

Coin Flipping, Mental Poker, Blind Signatures, Zero Knowledge Proofs

COMS4507_W3.pdf

4

Public Holiday – No Lecture

 

5

Wireless Security -  Man in the middle attacks (Steve Glass)

 

Tips on Seminar Presentation

COMS4507_W5_Wireless_Security.pdf

COMS4507_W5_Seminar_Tips.pdf

6

Seminars

 

DOS-Resistant Authentication with Client Puzzles

 

Rootkits

 

Remote timing attacks are practical

 

W6\DOS-resistant Authentication with Client Puzzles.pdf

W6\Kernel rootkits.pdf
W6\Exploring Rootkit Detectors' Vulnerabilities.pdf

W6\Remote Timing Seminar.pdf

7

Vanish: Increasing Data Privacy with Self-Destructing Data

Is Your Cat Infected with a Computer Virus?

Spot Me if You Can: Uncovering Spoken Phrases in Encrypted VoIP Conversations

 

W7\Vanish.pdf

W7\RFID Security.pdf

W7\SpotMeIfYouCan.pdf

8

 

Computing Arbitrary Functions of Encrypted Data

 

FlyByNight: mitigating the privacy risks of social networking

 

DNS Security

W8\FHE.pdf

W8\flyByNight.pdf

W8\DNS Security.pdf

9


Digital objects as passwords

 

Location privacy in pervasive computing

 

Anonysense: privacy-aware people-centric sensing

 

W9\Digital Objects as Passwords.pdf

W9\Location privacy in pervasive computing.pdf

W9\AnonySense.pdf

10

 

Security and Privacy Issues in E-passports


Re: CAPTCHAs—Understanding CAPTCHA-Solving Services in an Economic Context

W10\Security and Privacy Issues in E-Passports.pdf

W10\CAPTCHAs.pdf

11

 

Accountable internet protocol (aip)

SMS-of-Death


RFID security and privacy: A research survey


Vigilante: end-to-end containment of internet worms

 

 


W11\AIP.pdf

W11\SMS of Death.pdf

W11\RFID_Security.pdf

 W11\Vigilante.pdf

12

A convenient method for securely managing passwords


A Survey of Covert Channels and Countermeasures in Computer Network Protocols

Dude, Where's That IP? Circumventing Measurement-based IP Geolocation


The battle against phishing: Dynamic Security Skins

 

W12\A Convenient Method for Securely Managing Passwords.pdf

W12\A Survey of Covert Channels and Countermeasures in.pdf

W12\IPGeolocation.pdf

 W12\DynamicSecuritySkins.pdf

13

Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys


Hash-Based IP Traceback



Privacy-Preserving Location Tracking of Lost or Stolen Devices: Cryptographic Techniques and Replacing Trusted Third Parties with DHTs


A Study of Android Application Security

 

 

Security and Privacy Vulnerabilities of In-Car Wireless Networks: A Tire Pressure Monitoring System Case Study

 



Exam Info

W13\Cold Boot Attacks.pdf


W13\Hash-based IP traceback.pdf

 

W13\Privacy Preserving – Location Tracking.pdf

 

W13\Android Security.pdf


(Was not presented, will not be part of the exam)

 


COMS4507_W13_Exam_Info.pdf