University of Padua - MSc in Computer Science
Computer and Network Security
Academic Year: 2013/2014

Lecturer: Mauro Conti



Topics

Topic selection starts on April 22 at 9am
(see more info on the course Google group)


Topic 1: RFID Security
Topic 2: Captcha
Topic 3: Untrusted Storage
Topic 4: SmartPhone Security
Topic 5: Password Protection
Topic 6: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Topic 7: Sybil Attacks
Topic 8: Behavioural Biometrics
Topic 9: VoIP Security
Topic 10: Secure Content Delivery
Topic 11: Anonymous Communications
Topic 12: Keyloggers Detection
Topic 13: Anonymity in WSN
Topic 14: Botnet Detection
Topic 15: Trusted HW
Topic 16: Security of RFID ePassports
Topic 17: Node Replication Attack in WSN
Topic 18: Secure Data Aggregation in WSN
Topic 19: Privacy issues in Social Networks
Topic 20: Google Android smartphone security
Topic 21: Electronic Voting
Topic 22: P2P BotNet Detection
Topic 23: Taint Mechanisms
Topic 24: Browser Security
Topic 25: Privacy of Location Based Services
Topic 26: Named Data Networking Security
Topic 27: Named Data Networking Privacy
Topic 28: Cloud Security
Topic 29: Anonymity in Wireless Network
Topic 30: Smartphone User Profiling
Topic 31: SSL security issues in Android
Topic 32: Circumvent censorship



Topic 1: RFID Security
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Topic 2: Captcha
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Topic 3: Untrusted Storage
Primary:
  • P. Mahajan, S. Setty, S. Lee, A. Clement, L. Alvisi, M. Dahlin, and M. Walfish "Depot: Cloud Storage with Minimal Trust" , In the proceedings of USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI 2010).
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Topic 4: SmartPhone Security
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Topic 5: Password Protection
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Topic 6: Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
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Topic 7: Sybil Attacks
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Additional Reading:
  • J. R. Douceur, "The Sybil Attack", First International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems 2002.

Topic 8: Behavioural Biometrics
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Topic 9: VoIP Security
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Topic 10: Secure Content Delivery
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Topic 11: Anonymous Communications
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Topic 12: Keyloggers Detection
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Topic 13: Anonymity in WSN
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Topic 14: Botnet Detection
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Topic 15: Trusted HW
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Topic 16: Security of RFID ePassports
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Topic 17: Node Replication Attack in WSN
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Topic 18: Secure Data Aggregation in WSN
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Topic 19: Privacy issues in Social Networks
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Topic 20: Google Android smartphone security
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Topic 21: Electronic Voting
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Topic 22: P2P BotNet Detection
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Topic 23: Taint Mechanisms
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Topic 24: Browser Security
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Topic 25: Privacy of Location Based Services
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Topic 26: Named Data Networking Security
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Topic 27: Named Data Networking Privacy
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Topic 28: Cloud Security
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Topic 29: Anonymity in Wireless Network
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Topic 30: Smartphone User Profiling
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Topic 31: SSL security issues in Android
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Topic 32: Circumvent censorship
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