Terminated in academic year 2017/2018

Computer Attacks and Defence

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	460-4122/02
Abbreviation	POU
Course title	Computer Attacks and Defence
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Ivan Zelinka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Introduction
2. Comparison of operating systems and well-known vulnerabilities
3. Types of cyber attacks
4. Evolution of ransomware and defense against ransomware attacks (CryptoLocker, CryptoWall, CTB Locker, etc.)
5. Botnets and denial of service attacks (DOS, DDOS)
6. Analysis of virus source code, debugging methods and tools
7. Basic techniques for reducing the chances of virus detection
8. Antivirus and immunization methods
9. Abusing software bugs
10. Software penetration testing
11. User identity, analysis of behavior and social networks analysis
12. Forensic techniques 1: analyze seized equipment
13. Forensic techniques 2: reconstruction of user activities on seized equipment

Literature

1. Diogenes Y., Ozkaya E., Cybersecurity – Attack and Defense Strategies: Counter modern threats and employ state-of-the-art tools and techniques to protect your organization against cybercriminals, Packt Publishing, 2019,

Advised literature

[1] Velu V. K., Beggs R., Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing: Secure your network with Kali Linux, Packt Publishing, 2019,
[2] Anson S., Applied Incident Response, Wiley, 2020,
[3] Roberts J. S., Brown R., Intelligence-Driven Incident Response: Outwitting the Adversary, O'Reilly Media, 2017,

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