ScheduleΒΆ
The schedule will change as the course progresses, in part based on student interests. If you are particularly interested in some topic not covered here, send mail to the course staff (mailto:staff). Please visit our scoreboard at the submission web site, and importantly, ask any questions (and things to discuss) with colleagues and staffs via Piazza.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Aug 22 First day of class (No class) |
Aug 23 | Aug 24 | Aug 25 | Aug 26 LEC 1: Warm-up: x86, Tools TUT 1: GDB/x86 Preparation: Read asm Assigned: Lab 01: Bomb Lab1 ADD/DROP DATE |
| Aug 29 | Aug 30 | Aug 31 REC 1: Lab 01 |
Sep 1 DUE: Lab 01 |
Sep 2 LEC 2: Warm-up: x86_64, Shellcode, Tools TUT 2: PEDA, Shellcode (video/slides) Preparation: Read x86_64 Assigned: Lab 02: Bomb Lab2 / Shellcode |
| Sep 5 Labor day |
Sep 6 | Sep 7 REC 2: Lab 02 |
Sep 8 DUE: Lab 02 |
Sep 9 LEC 3: Writing exploits TUT 3: IDA, Your first control hijacking Preparation: Read Phrack #49-14 Assigned: Lab 03: Stack Overflow |
| Sep 12 | Sep 13 | Sep 14 REC 3: Lab 03: Last Year's Challenges |
Sep 15 | Sep 16 LEC 4: Exploiting stack overflows TUT 4: Your first exploit! Preparation: Read NSA Codebreaker Challenge Assigned: Lab 04: NSA Codebreaker Challenge |
| Sep 19 | Sep 20 | Sep 21 REC 4: Lab 04 |
Sep 22 DUE: Lab 03 |
Sep 23 LEC 5: Stack Protections TUT 5: Bypassing stack canaries Preparation: Read Bypassing StackShield Assigned: Lab 05: Bypassing Stack Protection |
| Sep 26 | Sep 27 | Sep 28 REC 5: Lab 05 |
Sep 29 DUE: Lab 05 |
Sep 30 LEC 6: DEP and ASLR TUT 6: Format string vulnerability Preparation: Read ASLR Smack & Laugh Reference Assigned: Lab 06: Bypassing DEP/ASLR |
| Oct 3 | Oct 4 | Oct 5 REC 6: Lab 06 |
Oct 6 DUE: Lab 06 |
Oct 7 LEC 7: Return-oriented Programming (ROP) TUT 7: Your first ROP Preparation: Read ROP Assigned: Lab 07: Return-oriented Programming |
| Oct 10 Fall Student Recess |
Oct 11 Fall Student Recess |
Oct 12 | Oct 13 | Oct 14 Guest Lecture: Web Pentesting (Speaker: Christopher Grayson) |
| Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 REC 7: Lab 07 |
Oct 20 DUE: Lab 07 |
Oct 21 LEC 8: Remote Exploitation TUT 8: Socket Programming in Python! Assigned: Lab 08: Remote Attacks |
| Oct 24 | Oct 25 | Oct 26 EKOPARTY CTF 2016 |
Oct 27 EKOPARTY CTF 2016 |
Oct 28 EKOPARTY CTF 2016 Hacking Day (CCS) |
| Oct 31 | Nov 1 | Nov 2 REC 8: Lab 08 |
Nov 3 DUE: Lab 08 |
Nov 4 LEC 9: Miscellaneous I TUT 9: Make Reliable Exploit Assigned: Lab 09: Exploiting Misc1 (int-ovfl, race, tictou &c) |
| Nov 7 | Nov 8 | Nov 9 REC 9: Lab 09 |
Nov 10 DUE: Lab 09 |
Nov 11 LEC 10: Heap Memory Allocation TUT 10: Your first heap exploit Assigned: Lab 10: Exploiting Heap Bugs |
| Nov 14 | Nov 15 | Nov 16 REC 10: Lab 10 |
Nov 17 DUE: Lab 10 |
Nov 18 LEC 11: Miscellaneous 2 TUT 11: Fuzzing Assigned: Lab 11: Exploiting Misc2 (bypassing sandbox, kernel exploits &c) (Alternative: Web Exploitation) |
| Nov 21 | Nov 22 | Nov 23 Thanksgiving |
Nov 24 Thanksgiving |
Nov 25 Thanksgiving |
| Nov 28 | Nov 29 | Nov 30 | Dec 1 DUE: Lab 04/11 |
Dec 2 Guest Lecture: Real-world Exploit, Jailbreaking iPhone (Speaker: Yeongjin Jang) + NSA Recruiting Q&A |
| Dec 5 Last day of classes |
Dec 6 | Dec 7 | Dec 8 Final exam week (No final!) |
Dec 9 Final exam week (No final!) |
| Dec 12 Final exam week (No final!) |
Dec 13 Final exam week (No final!) |
Dec 14 Final exam week (No final!) |
Dec 15 Final exam week (No final!) |
Dec 16 |