Computer Security

Utbildningsfakta

Kod: 5DV220

This course gives an overview of security aspects of computer systems. It introduces basic building blocks such as cryptographic algorithms and hashing, and presents the main security architectures of operating systems and modern mobile software stacks such as Android. The course presents defense mechanisms but also describe attacks in the following contexts: system security (e.g., memory corruption vulnerabilities), web security (e.g., SQL injection, XSS) and mobile security. The course discusses approaches to find software vulnerabilities (e.g., fuzzing), to test and validate software (e.g., program analysis), to harden software but also to exploit vulnerabilities. The course presents different families of malware, and how to reverse engineer them to understand their behavior. Hardware security attacks (e.g., cold-boot attacks), network communication security, as well as attacks on anonymity networks such as Tor are also explained.

Behörighet

Eligibility requires 60 ECTS in Computing Science as well as \- 7.5 ECTS introductory programming in C \- 7.5 ECTS datastructures and algorithms \- 7.5 ECTS systems programming \- 7.5 ECTS databases \- 7.5 ECTS discrete mathematics

Utbildningstillfällen

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• Computer Security

  Umeå University

  Startdatum: 2 november 2026

  Slutdatum: 17 januari 2027

  Studietakt: 50 %