T-110.6220 Special Course in Information Security P (2-10 cr)

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Please note that this course is not available regularly every semester. Instead, courses on varying topics are organized at irregular times under this course code. These include topical courses related to ongoing research projects, intensive courses by visiting teachers, hackathons, etc. Each instance of the course will be advertised here in Noppa when information becomes available, and through varying other channels. 

In recent years, a malware analysis course has been organized in the spring semester. This will be confirmed each year before the beginning of the semester.  

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24 Jun 15 Project results and final grade
Final results are published in Noppa. If you have questions about the grading, send your questions to the course mailing address.
15 Apr 15 Homework round 3 results
Results of third round are published in Noppa. The results list also contains example solutions. If you have questions about the grading, contact the course staff via course e-mail address.
10 Apr 15 Homework round 2 results
Results of second round are published in Noppa. The results list also contains example solutions. If you have questions about the grading, contact the course staff via course e-mail address.
27 Mar 15 Homework round 1 results
Results of first round are published in Noppa. The results list also contains example solutions. If you have questions about the grading, contact the course staff via course e-mail address.
19 Mar 15 Labs visit
There are still places available for the next Tuesdays excursion! Sign up by sending an e-mail to course mail (subject: Labs visit sign-up, include your name to the message).
06 Mar 15 Round 2 DL postponed
The DL of round 2 is on 17th March at midnight.
06 Mar 15 Signing up for excursion
The excursion is on Tuesday 24.3. starting from 15:00 at F-secure HQ (Tammasaarenkatu 7, Helsinki). The agenda consists of an introduction to F-secure as a company and the operation of its laboratory, followed by sauna, food and drinks. You can sign up by sending an e-mail to the course address with subject "Labs visit sign-up". The message body should contain your full name. The amount of participants is limited to 20. You will get a confirmation e-mail after a successful signup.
05 Mar 15 F-secure labs excursion
As mentioned on yesterdays lecture, F-secure will arrange an excursion this month for students on Reverse engineering malware course. The preliminary date is March 24th. More information (including the sign up instructions) will be published tomorrow in a Noppa news item!
04 Feb 15 Homework tool demos
You will need to use several tools to complete the homework rounds. To make it easier to get started, we will have a demo session where we'll show how the tools work. This demo session will cover IDA Pro and OllyDbg debugger and will be held immediately after the next weeks lecture on Wednesday 11th Feb. We suggest that you'll take your own laptop with these software tools installed.
26 Jan 15 Course schedule and intro lecture
The dates for assignment publications and deadlines are now published in Assignments-page in Noppa. Please note that the course project is done on 5th period. Introduction lecture slides are available in Lectures page.
05 Jan 15 Reverse Engineering Malware in spring 2015
Reverse Engineering Malware lectures will start on Wednesday, 21.1. at 16:15 in lecture hall T2. The first lecture is given by Mikko Hypponen, the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. Course signup in Oodi is open.
10 Jun 14 Project results and final grades published
The results and grading guidelines have now been published and are available on the Results page. Contact us if you want to discuss your grading and/or want more detailed model solutions to a certain task.
24 Apr 14 Rerverse Engineering Malware course feedback open until April 29
Hi, The course feedback form (Reverse Engineering Malware) is open until April 29. Please complete it at: http://www.cse.tkk.fi/cgi-bin/teekysely.pl?action=showform&id=T1106220_3-T1106220_3-k2014palaute&lang=FIN
22 Apr 14 Course feedback: Software Security DL 30.4.2014
Hi, Please fill in the course feedback by 30.4 at http://www.cse.tkk.fi/cgi-bin/teekysely.pl?action=showform&id=T1106220_2-T1106220_2-k2014palaute&lang=ENG (the same form can be found via this page ("Feedback forms" - https://into.aalto.fi/display/entik/Course+Feedback)
15 Apr 14 Course feedback: Mobile Platform Security
Please fill in the course feedback of the course Mobile Platform Security by April 30th. (Please note that the DL for the course feedback for the Software Security is already April 21st) It takes a few minutes to complete the feedback at https://into.aalto.fi/display/entik/Course+Feedback. Thank you!
15 Apr 14 Course feedback
Kurssin palautekysely on auki osoitteessa https://into.aalto.fi/display/fitik/Kurssipalaute. Palautelomakkeen täyttäminen vie muutaman minuutin. Kiitos paljon antamastasi palautteesta! Course feedback questionnaire is now open https://into.aalto.fi/display/entik/Course+Feedback. It takes a few minutes to fill in the form. Thank you for your feedback!
03 Apr 14 Course project
The final course project is now published in the Assignments page! For more information, see the lecture slides "Final project".
19 Mar 14 Homework round 3 published + round 1 results
Homework round 3 is now published and round 1 submissions are graded. Results are available in Results-page.
12 Mar 14 Lecture slides available
Lecture slides from past two lectures are now published and available in Noppa.
03 Mar 14 Homework round 2 published
Round 2 is now published in Noppa
28 Feb 14 First homework round DL on Sunday 2nd March
We have a new course mailing address this year (T-110.6220@list.aalto.fi). If you have used the old tkk/hut-address for your submission, please resubmit your homework answers to the new address as well!
25 Feb 14 IDA Pro demo tomorrow cancelled
Unfortunately, we are not able to arrange the second IDA Pro -demo session tomorrow. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them using the course e-mail (T-110.6220@list.aalto.fi). Sorry for the inconvenience.
10 Feb 14 Homework tool demos
You will need to use several tools to complete the homework rounds. To make it easier to get started, we will have several demo sessions where we'll show how the tools work. These demo sessions will be held immediately after the lectures as follows * Wednesday 12.2. at 18:00 - 18:30 (T2) demo session on IDA Pro * Wednesday 26.2. at 18:00 - 18:30 (T2) demo session on IDA pro repeated * Tuesday 4.3. at 18:00 - 18:30 (T3) demo session on debuggers Notice that the lecture originally planned for Wednesday 5.3. has been also moved to Tuesday 4.3. (hall T3).
10 Feb 14 Homework round 1 published
Round 1 is now published in Noppa
04 Feb 14 Changes in course schedule
There are some minor changes to the homework publishing dates and deadlines (Reverse Engineering Malware). Please see Noppa¿s Assignments-page for more information. Also note that course projects deadline is in 5th period!
08 Jan 14 Reverse Engineering Malware in Spring 2014
Reverse Engineering Malware lectures will start on Wednesday, 22.1. at 16:15 in lecture hall T2. Course signup in Oodi is open. Welcome!
05 Dec 13 Sign up open for Software Security course
Hi, Sign up for Software Security version of the course is now open. More instructions and information on page linked below. The participation is limited, sign up deadline 21.2.2014 but also order of enrolment is meaningful.
14 Nov 13 Three courses in spring 2014
Spring 2014 there are three courses using Special course in Information Security course code: - Reverse Engineering Malware (5 cr) - Mobile Platform Security (3 cr) - Software Security (4 cr) Note: Sign up for Mobile platform security course is already open! Check more information its extra page in Noppa. Number of participants is limited.
28 May 13 Course results published
The results and grading guidelines have now been published and are available on the Results page. Contact us if you want to discuss your grading and/or want more detailed model solutions to a certain task.
23 May 13 Course feedback (link fixed)
The previous automatically generated did not contain a link to the feedback form. This news item contains the fixed link for course feedback (open until 3.6).
20 May 13 Course feedback
Please give course feedback using feedback form linked below. Feedback form is open until 3.6. (if not otherwise told). Feecback is compulsory part of all T-110 courses.
17 May 13 Project demos
Course project demos will take place next Wednesday (22nd of May) in Maari-D. Use the Doodle link in this news item to select a time slot. Note that two students can demo simultaneously. We apologize for the short notice. Contact us if none of the times suits your schedule.
08 Feb 13 First homework round published
The first homework round has been published on the Assignments page. The homework assignment is due on 24th Feb 2013 at 23:59. We have also published a list of students registered for the course (see Results). Please verify that your student number is in the list.
14 Jan 13 Course in Spring 2013
The topic of the spring 2013 course is Reverse Engineering Malware. The lectures will start on Wednesday, January 23 at 16:15 in lecture hall T2. Course signup starts after the first lecture. The course includes several homework assignments and a course project. There is no examination.
08 Jun 12 Spring 2012 results published
The 2012 spring course results, including the results for the final project, have been published on the Results page. If you wish to discuss your grading, please contact the course staff using the course e-mail address (t-110.6220 (at) list.hut.fi) before June 15th 2012.
21 May 12 Demos will be in MT266 (Maarintalo)
The demos will be held at Maarintalo in room MT266. Please be on time as our schedule for the demo's is tight.
16 May 12 Booking a time for your demo
You can now book an appointment for the demo session on the 22nd of May using the Taru appointment scheduler at the following URL: https://playground.cs.hut.fi/kaiku/appointments/ Contact the course staff in case you have problems using the system or are unable to demo on the day.
02 May 12 Homework round 3 results published
The results of the third homework round, along with the model answers, have been published on the Results page.
09 Apr 12 Final project published
The files for the final project have been published on the Assignments page. Please see the slides for the final project lecture for further instructions. Good luck!
04 Apr 12 Homework round 2 results published
The results of the second homework round have been published on the Results page.
03 Apr 12 Lecture on 4th April 2012
The lecture contents on 4th April 2012 have changed slightly: Paolo Palumbo will give more insight into analysing Android applications (first part of the lecture) and Antti Tikkanen and Otto Ebeling will present the course project during the second half of the lecture.
23 Mar 12 Homework round 3 published
The third round of mandatory homework has been published on the Assignments page.
07 Mar 12 Late homework submissions and deadline extensions
For late homework submissions, we will be deducting 5 points from your total score. If you are over a day late, we won't be able to grade your submission at all. If you have a valid reason and you need an extension to the deadline, please contact the course staff beforehand!
07 Mar 12 Homework round 1 results published
The results of homework round 1 have been published on the Results page. Please contact the course staff over e-mail at t-110.6220@list.hut.fi for any questions.
04 Mar 12 Homework round 2 published
The second round of mandatory homework has been published on the Assignments page. Make sure you submit your answers on time, and please remember that all of the homework rounds are individual assignments!
15 Feb 12 Bug in homework round 1 fixed
There was a bug in one of the exercises of homework round 1, which affected exercise 4.5. A new homework package has been published on the assignments page. If you have already completed your answers based on the first version, will accept answers to both the buggy and the fixed version of the assignment.
09 Feb 12 Homework round 1 published
The first round of mandatory homework has been published on the Assignments page. Make sure you submit your answers on time, and please remember that all of the homework rounds are individual assignments!
02 Feb 12 Hands-on sessions
There will be two optional hands-on sessions for everyone to get quickly started with the reverse engineering tools. Hands on session #1 on Tuesday 14th of February at 16:00-18:00 in room U405 of the main building. This session will cover IDA Pro. Hands-on session #2 on Thursday 1st of March at 16:00-18:00 in room U405 of the main building. This session will cover the OllyDbg debugger. You don't need to sign up for the sessions. Make sure you can log in to the computers in U405 or bring your own laptop with necessary software.
01 Feb 12 Slides from introductory lecture and homework schedules
The slides from the Course Logistics and Introduction lecture are now on the Lectures page. We've also published the schedules of the homework assignments on the Assignments page.
09 Jan 12 Signing up for the spring 2012 course opened
You can now register for the spring 2012 course. Signing up is done over e-mail. Please see the instructions on the "Signing Up" page. We are only able to take up to 40 students, so be quick!
03 Jan 12 Course in Spring 2012
The topic of the spring 2012 course is Reverse Engineering Malware. The lectures will start on Wednesday, January 18 at 16:15 in lecture hall T2 with a lecture from Mikko Hyppönen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure. The course includes several homework assignments and a course project. There is no examination. The course lecture schedule will be updated to the course pages shortly
01 Jun 11 Course Result for T-110.6220
T-110.6220, course result is published today in Noppa in the Result Page. If you have any query regarding the grade please send email as before. Thanks a lot to all for participating this course. Good Luck.
09 May 11 Please give feedback!
Course feedback questionaire is now open on page linked below. The feedback form is open 9.5.-3.6.2011. Giving feedback is compulsory in this course. It takes a few minutes to fill in the form. Please give concrete enhancements in the open questions. Thank you for your feedback!
27 Apr 11 Final Assignment Demo Schedule
Final Assignment Demo Schedule is published in Noppa in the Assignments Page. The demo begins from morning 9:00 on 12th May and each student is allocated 20mins. The Demonstration place is Marin Talo Mt266. Good Luck!!
15 Apr 11 Homework 3 result
The result of Homework 3 is published in Noppa under result page.
06 Apr 11 Course Assignment
Greeting!! Final Course Assignment is published in Noppa under the Assignments page. Good Luck
26 Mar 11 Homework two answers
Homework two answers are published in Noppa weekly exercises page.
25 Mar 11 Unpacking Malware Lecture Slides and Homework 2 result
Unpacking Malware Lecture Slides and Homework 2 result have been published in Noppa.
25 Mar 11 Excursion to F-secure on Fri 8 April at 14:00
We will be taken to a tour in F-Secure's laboratory and later on there will be an open program. Address is F-secure, Tammasaarenkatu 7 in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. There is place for first 30 students. Please register in doodle. If you are in doodle you cannot come for some reason,please send email at latest on 6 April: taina.hyppola@tkk.fi.
18 Mar 11 Lecture on 23rd March
One new lecture on 23rd March is added in Noppa. The lecture will be about Window Rootkits and Antti Tikkanen will be the lecturer.
16 Mar 11 Homework 3 is published
Homework round 3 is published today.
01 Mar 11 Second homework round published
The 2nd homework is published on the assignment page. We were a day late in publishing it, so we've also pushed back the deadline to 17.3.2011 at 23:59. Good luck!
27 Feb 11 Hands-on session with debuggers
We are arranging a hands-on session where you'll get to practice with OllyDbg and Immunity Debugger. The session is held on Thursday 3rd of March 2011 in Maari-E from 16:00 to 18:00. The session is not mandatory and you do not need to sign up. Please make sure your account works in the Maari-E computers or bring your own laptop, as we cannot help you with account issues during the sessions.
16 Feb 11 Useful hints & links for IDA
Here are some useful hints discovered during the IDA hands-on sessions: To get IDA running on Linux, you need to use Wine. In order to run IDA under Wine, you need to install corefonts (http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/). In Ubuntu, the easiest way to do this is to install ttf-mscorefonts-installer package. For more details, see http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15495/add-microsoft-core-fonts-to-ubuntu/ and http://bit.ly/g9Xptr. For those struggling with x86, there is a nice instruction reference here: http://www.posix.nl/linuxassembly/nasmdochtml/nasmdoca.html.
16 Feb 11 Homework submissions
The submissions to the homework rounds should be returned by e-mail to the following address: T-110.6220@list.hut.fi (please note that it's not .tml.hut.fi any longer). Your answer should be attached as a single plaintext file. No other formats will be graded. The e-mail subject should be "T-110.6220 homework round 1 answers". Please include your name and student number in the e-mail body.
11 Feb 11 1st homework published
The 1st homework is published on the assignment page (link below). Sorry for the delay!
04 Feb 11 Hands-on sessions with IDA Pro
We are arranging two hands-on sessions where you'll get to practice IDA Pro and other useful tools needed in the homework rounds. The sessions are arranged as follows: - Thursday 10th February 2011 in Maari-E from 16:00 to 18:00 - Friday 18th February 2011 in Maari-E from 16:00 to 18:00 The content of both sessions is identical, so you should only attend one of them. The sessions are not mandatory and you do not need to sign up. Please make sure your account works in the Maari-E computers or bring your own laptop, as we cannot help you with account issues during the sessions.
03 Jan 11 Course in Spring 2011
The topic of the spring 2011 course is Malware Analysis and Antivirus Technologies. The lectures will start on Wednesday, January 19 at 16:15 in room T2 with a lecture from Mikko Hyppönen, the Chief Research Officer at F-Secure. Registration in Oodi is mandatory and will open after the first lecture. The course includes several homework assignments and a course project. There is no examination. The course lecture schedule will be updated to the course pages shortly.
Updated 24 Jun 15 at 08:36