Topic outline

  • This course is taught by Broderick Aquilino and other malware experts from WithSecure (formerly F-Secure Business), a Finnish cyber security company. You will learn about malware analysis and reverse-engineering tools and methods through hands-on exercises and lectures. 

    The course requires a substantial amount of hands-on work and independent problem solving. Throughout the course, students will receive assignments that focus on specific topics. The problems are partly open ended and might be challenging. (If you have no previous exposure to assembly language, please reserve some extra time for learning about it.) 

    Lecture schedule
    Time Location Topic
    Ke 11.01.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 U261 (Otakaari 1) Course Intro
    DUCKTAIL
    Ke 18.01.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 U261 (Otakaari 1) Cyber Kill Chain
    Ke 25.01.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 U356 (Otakaari 1) Cyber Kill Chain Deeper-dive
    Ke 01.02.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 U356 (Otakaari 1) Windows Internals
    Ke 08.02.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 U356 (Otakaari 1) PE File Format
    High Level Code and Low Level Representation
    Ke 15.02.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 Y313 (Otakaari 1) Intel x86 Dynamic Analysis
         break
    Ke 01.03.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 T4/A140 (Konemiehentie 2) Intel x86 Dynamic Analysis Hands-on
    Ke 08.03.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 Zoom Intel x86 Static Analysis
    Ke 15.03.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 T4/A140 (Konemiehentie 2) Intel x86 Static Analysis Hands-on
    Ke 22.03.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 Zoom .Net Analysis
    Ke 29.03.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 T4/A140 (Konemiehentie 2) Android Analysis
    Ke 05.04.2023 klo 10:15 - 12:00 Zoom Threat Intelligence and Attribution
    Ethics in Cybersecurity

    Lectures are not recorded.

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