CS 3235 - Course Schedule

Course Schedule Spring 2026

Part 1. System Security

Monday, Jan. 12	DANIEL Tuesday, Jan. 13 1. The Security Mindset Course overview, thinking like an attacker, threat models Application Security Project available Quiz 0 - Course Logistics available Lab 1: GDB available	Wednesday, Jan. 14	DANIEL Thursday, Jan. 15 2. Software Security 1 Machine organization, basic stack smashing Quiz 1 - Security Mindset and Software Security available	Friday, Jan. 16
Monday, Jan. 19	DANIEL Tuesday, Jan. 20 3. Software Security 2 Advanced stack smashing and countermeasures Quiz 0 - Course Logistics due 11:59 p.m. Lab 1: GDB due 11:59 p.m.	Wednesday, Jan. 21	DANIEL Thursday, Jan. 22 4. OS Security and Access Control Secure system principles, access control, process and memory isolation Application Security Project (Part 1) due 11:59 p.m. Quiz 2 - Operating System Security and Access Control available	Friday, Jan. 23 Quiz 1 - Security Mindset and Software Security due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 26	DANIEL Tuesday, Jan. 27 5. Isolation and Sandboxing Syscalls and interposition, jails, Docker, VMs, hypervisors	Wednesday, Jan. 28	DANIEL Thursday, Jan. 29 6. Hashing Applications, definitions, birthday, life cycle, common examples	Friday, Jan. 30 Quiz 2 - Operating System Security and Access Control due 11:59 p.m.

Part 2. Cryptography

Monday, Feb. 2	DANIEL Tuesday, Feb. 3 7. Integrity MAC, HMAC, length extension attacks	Wednesday, Feb. 4	DANIEL Thursday, Feb. 5 8. Symmetric Crypto OTP, block ciphers, DES history, AES internals Application Security Project (Part 2) due 11:59 p.m. Cryptography Project available Quiz 3 - Isolation, Hashing, and Integrity available Lab 2: Docker and Python available	Friday, Feb. 6
Monday, Feb. 9	DANIEL Tuesday, Feb. 10 9. Combining Integrity and Confidentiality Block cipher modes, malleability, padding oracles, AEAD	Wednesday, Feb. 11	TEODORA Thursday, Feb. 12 10. DH and Key Exchange Modular arithmetic, DH, key management, MITM attacks Lab 2: Docker and Python due 11:59 p.m. Quiz 4 - Symmetric Crypto available	Friday, Feb. 13 Quiz 3 - Isolation, Hashing, and Integrity due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 16	DANIEL Tuesday, Feb. 17 11. RSA and Attacks on Protocols, Building a Secure Channel RSA encryption and signatures, attacks on RSA, combining primitives Cryptography Project (Part 1) due 11:59 p.m.	Wednesday, Feb. 18	DANIEL Thursday, Feb. 19 12. The Web Platform HTTP, HTML, DOM, JavaScript, same-origin policy Quiz 5 - DH Key Exchange & RSA available	Friday, Feb. 20 Quiz 4 - Symmetric Crypto due 11:59 p.m.

Part 3. Web and Networking

Monday, Feb. 23	DANIEL Tuesday, Feb. 24 13. Web Attacks and Defenses CSRF, SQL injection, XSS attacks and defenses	Wednesday, Feb. 25	STAFF Thursday, Feb. 26 Exam Review Cryptography Project (Part 2) due 11:59 p.m. Web Security Project available Quiz 6 - Web Security available Lab 3: Browser DevTools available	Friday, Feb. 27 Quiz 5 - DH Key Exchange & RSA due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Mar. 2	Tuesday, Mar. 3 Exam 1, In-person	Wednesday, Mar. 4	TEODORA Thursday, Mar. 5 14. HTTPS and the Web PKI TLS, certificates, PKI Lab 3: Browser DevTools due 11:59 p.m.	Friday, Mar. 6 Quiz 6 - Web Security due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Mar. 9	TEODORA Tuesday, Mar. 10 15. HTTPS Attacks and Defenses Social engineering, attacks on CAs, protocol & implementation issues	Wednesday, Mar. 11	TEODORA Thursday, Mar. 12 16. Networking 101 OSI model, link- through transport-layer attacks Quiz 7 - HTTPS, Web PKI, Attacks and Defenses available	Friday, Mar. 13
Monday, Mar. 16	TEODORA Tuesday, Mar. 17 17. Networking 102 TCP/UDP, application-layer protocols and attacks	Wednesday, Mar. 18	TEODORA Thursday, Mar. 19 18. Network Defenses DoS techniques and defenses, network monitoring Web Security Project due 11:59 p.m. Networking Project available Lab 4: Python Sockets available	Friday, Mar. 20 Quiz 7 - HTTPS, Web PKI, Attacks and Defenses due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Mar. 23	Tuesday, Mar. 24 Spring Break	Wednesday, Mar. 25	Thursday, Mar. 26 Spring Break	Friday, Mar. 27

Part 4. Security in Context

Monday, Mar. 30	TEODORA Tuesday, Mar. 31 19. Malware Types of malware, infection methods, C&C, case studies Lab 4: Python Sockets due 11:59 p.m.	Wednesday, Apr. 1	TEODORA Thursday, Apr. 2 20. Authentication Passwords, CAPTCHAs, 2FA, biometrics Quiz 8 - Networking & Networking Defenses available	Friday, Apr. 3
Monday, Apr. 6	TEODORA Tuesday, Apr. 7 21. Privacy and Anonymity Fingerprinting, k-anonymity, Tor, CFAA, ethics	Wednesday, Apr. 8	TEODORA Thursday, Apr. 9 22. Digital Forensics Imaging, techniques for analysis, countermeasures for forensics Networking Project due 11:59 p.m. Forensics Project available Quiz 9 - Malware & Authentication available Lab 5: Autopsy available	Friday, Apr. 10 Quiz 8 - Networking & Networking Defenses due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Apr. 13	DANIEL Tuesday, Apr. 14 23. Side-Channel Analysis Physical side channels, microarchitectural issues, Spectre and Meltdown	Wednesday, Apr. 15	TEODORA Thursday, Apr. 16 24. Introduction to ML Security Lab 5: Autopsy due 11:59 p.m. Quiz 10 - Privacy & Digital Forensics available	Friday, Apr. 17 Quiz 9 - Malware & Authentication due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Apr. 20	DANIEL Tuesday, Apr. 21 25. Physical Security Types of physical locks and how to defeat them via lockpicking	Wednesday, Apr. 22	STAFF Thursday, Apr. 23 Exam Review	Friday, Apr. 24 Quiz 10 - Privacy & Digital Forensics due 11:59 p.m.
Monday, Apr. 27	Tuesday, Apr. 28 NO CLASS Forensics Project due 11:59 p.m.	Wednesday, Apr. 29	Thursday, Apr. 30 Exam 2, In-person	Friday, May 1