LIS4774 - Information Security

Welcome to the Course!


This front page - in Canvas - is the primary source of material for this course; everything you need will be available here.


That being said, many links and resources required for the course, as well as a mirror of this front page, are hosted from jrm4.com, my personal site. Please feel free to browse there as well, but again, the Canvas page is primary.


Contacting me should only be done through regular email, at jmarks@fsu.edu (Messaging through Canvas may be missed- is a better and safer tool for this purpose)


While there will be computer resources required, I will discuss these later; you don't need to do anything for the first day besides show up. The syllabus is below, and schedules and procedures will be discussed in class on the first day. See you then!


Permanent Course Link for Collaborate - Please also save elsewhere:
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/b7196051bd17475cb1065f0fc7520782


On the first day, do not leave the class until the professor has taken attendance.


COMPLETE VM SecNet Instructions


+Syllabus
+Calendar
Term Project Rubric
Project Ideas and Resources



Week 13 - Setting Policy


Week 12 - The New Threat Models and Malicious Software

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2019/10/07/the-standard-cybersecurity-model-is-fundamentally-broken/?sh=3a7988601189


Week 11 - Project Selection

Nov 5 - Project Prep


Week 10 - More on Networking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
https://www.lifewire.com/find-a-mac-address-using-an-ip-address-818132


https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-antivirus-firewall


Port Scanning Assignment


Week 9 - Midterm review, Project Discussion, Intro to Networking

https://www.imperva.com/learn/application-security/osi-model/
https://www.guru99.com/difference-ipv4-vs-ipv6.html




Week 8 - Linux Review, Project Discussion, Midterm



Week 7 - Linux, Text, and Cybersecurity

Slides - http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_7_-_Linux_and_The_Command_Line_for_Cybersec.html


Big Overview
https://blog.erratasec.com/2017/01/the-command-line-for-cybersec.html


You may skip the vim bit
https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/intro-to-bash


https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/command-line-for-beginners#1-overview



Week 7 Exercise


Week 6 - Passwords and Hashing

Slides - http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_6_-_Passwords_and_Hashing.html


Password Exercise


Continuation of before:
https://blog.storagecraft.com/5-common-encryption-algorithms/


Good Comparison:
https://comodosslstore.com/resources/hashing-vs-encryption-simplifying-the-differences/


A little more on SSL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_certificate
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6088583/which-symmetric-key-algorithm-does-ssl-use


Summary of NIST's Rules — surprised?
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/
https://www.govtech.com/security/Widely-Used-Password-Advice-Turns-Out-to-Be-Wrong-NIST-Says.html


Well, that sucks:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/google_knows_ev.html


Speaking of.. whoa:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html


Hashing for Verification
http://www.howtogeek.com/67241/htg-explains-what-are-md5-sha-1-hashes-and-how-do-i-check-them/
https://tiptopsecurity.com/what-is-cryptographic-hashing-md5-sha-and-more/





Week 5 - Encryption

http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_5_-_Encryption.html


The tech:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/05/how-internet-encryption-works


Excellent intuitive explanation of the seemingly impossible part of cryptography.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBfamv-_do


https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/encryption-lava-lamps


http://www.pcworld.com/article/2905995/truecrypt-audit-shows-no-sign-of-nsa-backdoors-just-some-minor-glitches.html


Week 5 Slides

http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_5_-_Encryption.html



Week 4 - Information Gathering

http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_4_-_Information_Gathering.html


The basics - This stuff is easy.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/primer-information-theory-and-privacy


https://www.comptia.org/blog/5-linux-skills-for-cybersecurity-professionals


General
https://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/20-tips-use-google-search-efficiently.html
https://gbhackers.com/10-best-hacker-friendly-search-engines-of-2019/


IP basics
https://www.howtogeek.com/341307/how-do-ip-addresses-work/


Email
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-find-email-server-ip-address-818402


GOOGLE DORKING
https://securitytrails.com/blog/google-hacking-techniques


Cybersec Specific
https://securitytrails.com/blog/information-gathering (don't need the trademarked tools to get the concepts)
https://securityguill.com/osint.html


What to do with it:
https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/textproc.html



Week 4 Lab

First Day Secnet Lab


Lab Exercise 1


./remotelabs-linux-2.pdf



Week 3 - Security without the Cyber

http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_3_-_Security_without_the_Cyber.html



OH COME ON DUH ANIMALS DONT EVEN USE COMPUTERS
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/03/04/human-behavior-cybersecurity-risk/


HONESTY
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-your-cybersecurity-based-mostly-bullshit-duncan-hart
https://www.wired.com/2009/07/three-reasons-why-us-cyber-security-sucks/


"Skin in the game"
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/reading-taleb-skin-in-the-game-more-about-sharing-disincentives-than-incentives/articleshow/63227397.cms


Liability
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2004/11/computer_securi.html


BY COMPARISON
https://realestate.findlaw.com/construction-defects/legal-liability-for-construction-defects.html


Interesting
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3328555/maybe-we-have-the-cybersecurity-we-deserve.html


Week 3 Slides

http://jrm4.com/slides/Week_3_-_Security_without_the_Cyber.html



Week 2 - How we Got Here

Tue Sep 1 - Lecture: A Brief History of Computing


How we got here - Week 2 Slides


READINGS:
"How We Got Here"
https://hbr.org/2017/05/why-is-cybersecurity-so-hard
https://www.rethinksecurity.io/posts/none-of-us-knows-what-we-are-doing/


https://www.howtogeek.com/141944/htg-explains-why-windows-has-the-most-viruses/


What do you think of this evaluation?
https://money.cnn.com/2011/10/12/technology/microsoft_security/index.htm


https://www.kali.org/news/kali-2020-3-release/


Another Way: - https://www.inkandswitch.com/end-user-programming.html



Thu Sep 3 - LAB: Virtual Machines



Week 1 - Introductions

Tue Aug 25 - Intro
Thu Aug 27 - LAB/Discussion: What is Cybersecurity even?
+Second Day Notes


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