News
- 08.02.2016: Exercise 5 solutions will now be discussed on Thursday, 24 March.
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- a MyCourses space (CSE-E5480 - Mobile Systems Security) for returning exercise answers and programming assignments, and
- an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel #tkt-mobisec @ IRCnet which can be used for discussing assignments, questions on lectures etc.
Registration
Registration for the course will open on Monday, December 7.
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Students must register to the course as well here for Aalto University and here for University of Helsinki.
Tentative Schedule
The lectures are conducted on Tuesday mornings (10-12). We will attempt to stream lectures using a video conference channel from Otaniemi campus to Kumpula campus, however we cannot guarantee the availability or quality of this streaming. The lectures are held at:
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| Date | Lecture | Exercises | Programming assignments | Survey |
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| Tue 5.1 Thu 7.1 | No lecture | No exercise session | - | |
Tue 12.1 Thu 14.1 | L1: Introduction to the course (slides, recording), and | Exercise 1, due Tue 19.1 | 1st programming assignment, due 25.1 | Survey topics published. |
Tue 19.1 | L2: Platform Security in Android OS (slides, recording) | Exercise 2 (helloworld.apk), due Tue 26.1 |
| Initial survey topic assignments |
| Tue 26.1 Thu 28.1 | L3: Mobile software platform security (slides, recording) Preliminary course feedback (in MyCourses) | Exercise 3, due Tue 9.2 (2 weeks) Exercise 2 solutions discussed on Thu 28.1 | 2nd programming assignment, due 8.2 | Survey topic assignments finalized |
| Tue 2.2 Thu 4.2 | Guest lecture: SEAndroid policy exploration (slides, recording) | No exercise session | - | - |
| Tue 9.2 Thu 11.2 | L4: Mobile hardware platform security (slides, recording) | Exercise 4, due Tue 23.2 (2 weeks) | 3rd programming assignment, due 22.2 | |
| Tue 16.2 Thu 18.2 | No lecture | No exercise session | - | - |
Tue 23.2 | Optional Q&A session for Exercise 4 | Optional exercise (SEAndroid), due Tue 1.3 | 4th programming assignment, due 14.3 (3 weeks) 3rd assignment solutions discussed Thu 25.2 | - |
| Tue 1.3 Thu 3.3 Sun 6.3 | Exercise 5, due Tue 15.3 (2 weeks) |
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| Tue 8.3 Thu 10.3 | No lecture |
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| Tue 15.3 Thu 17.3 | L6: Recent research and summary on Thu 17.3 | |||
| Tue 22.3 Thu 24.3 | Extra lecture: IoT Security (slides1, slides2, recording) |
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Sun 10.4 |
| Survey due Sun 10.4 |
Homework and evaluation
- Written weekly exercises reflect on and extend the topics covered in each lecture (estimated time use: ca. 35 hours total, or roughly 6 hours /week, per exercise set, + attendance).
- Published on Tuesdays, based on the lecture and have deadline on the next Tuesday (at 23:55); returns in writing (PDF or plaintext) through MyCourses.
- Exercises are graded 0 (not done or very poor) - 5 (great).
- Students are required to participate in Thursday sessions during which the solutions to the exercises are discussed. Attendance in 80% of the exercise sessions is mandatory to pass the course.
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- Programming assignments.
- Sign-up for programming assignments in mail confirming participation, limited spots available (first-come, first-served).
- 1+3 assignments over weeks 2-10, programming in Android development environment (free to download, no specialized devices required)
- Will be briefed during the exercise session on Thursday, January 14.
- First assignment not graded, but completing first assignment is required to continue with the programming assignments. Remaining assignments graded 0-5.
- Participants failing to complete first assignment will be assigned a written survey topics (see below).
- Deadline for initial assignment will be Monday January 25 at 23:55, deadline for the remaining assignments will be Monday at 23:55 two weeks after publication.
- Returns in one file package through MyCourses.
- Written survey of topic related to systems security.
- Survey topics published on first week of course.
- All participants will apply for three topics of interest to them during the exercise session on Thursday, January 14.
- Where possible, surveys topics will be assigned on Thursday, January 21 and survey topic assignments will be finalized by Thursday, January 28.
- Graded 0-5,
- Deadline for draft of survey will be Sunday, March 6 at 23:55, deadline for final version will be Sunday, April 10 at 23:55 (submit your survey).
- Returns in writing as PDF through MyCourses.
Requirements for completing the course
To complete the course you must:
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Please note that late submissions are grounds for 0 points; we recommend that you set your personal deadline a day or two earlier to have some buffer for disasters, particularly if you tend to leave work close to deadlines.
Supplementary book
There is a supplementary course book: Mobile Platform Security by Asokan, Davi, Dmitrienko, Heuser, Kostiainen, Reshetova and Sadeghi (2013). Aalto students will have free access to the book online (PDF). For UH students, Hien has a few copies to lend for short periods (ask Hien).