Assignment Topic
• A one-page description of which topic (choose one from following list provided below) you want to report and present
- Only one student can select one topic i.e first come first serve basis
- No team work allowed
- You have to prepare a 10-minute presentation of the major ideas of the topics in your report
- An in-depth survey on the major topics in recent developments of information security
• The content and depth of your surveys will be considered in the final score
• Topics should focus on selected parts in recent developments in information security, for example,
- Cloud security/privacy (e.g. cloud storage security, cloud computing security, ...)
- Social network security/privacy (e.g. Facebook privacy issues, ...)
- Smart phone security (e.g. Android "Fake-ID" problem, iCloud security, ...)
- Recent security bug: "Shell Shock" for bash, "heartbleed" for OpenSSL,.
Class Presentation: 10-minute presentation per student
Reference Style
In this course, the Harvard reference style is prefered
Topics
1. Google Play - Wallet security
2. Mobile Device / Smart Phone Security
3. USB has become hacked pipeline, the well-known USB virus introduced
4. Cloud security and privacy
5. Security of network DropBox Cloud Drive
6. DDOS attack Network
7. Cyber warfare
8. SALITY (malware)
9. OpenSSL Heartbleed Loophole
10. SQL Injection
11. Social network security/privacy proposal
12. Facebook privacy issues
13. OpenSSL: The Heartbleed Bug
14. Smartcard security authentication mechanism
15. Mobile payment systems security
16. Android broadAnyWhere bug
17. Improving App Privacy
18. E-mail- phishing
19. iCloud Vulnerability
20. iOS Masque Attack
21. TOR - Often referred to as the ‘Dark' or ‘Deep' Web. Anonymous Access is Good or Evil
22. Teamviewer Privacy and security Encryption
23. Bring your own device security model
24. Line Communication Security Event
25. Bitcoin
26. Instagram privacy
27. Shellshock vulnerability
28. Internet of Things Security
29. Extortion Hacks
30. Embedded Hardware Hacking
31. Advanced Persistent Threat
32. Chip-and-PIN Innovations
33. Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Loophole
34. Heartbleed for OpenSSL
35. Driverless cars and data security
36. POS software and malicious attacks
37. Concerns about Cloud Storage
38. Biometric data security
39. Cyber Insurance
40. Threat assessments / Penetration Testing
41. Legacy technology security issues
42. Authentication in distributed systems
43. Identity and Access Management / Federated Identity
44. Federated Identity Standards
45. SSL 3.0 security
46. Information Security Management / ISO 27001
47. Region (malware) analysis
48. Audit Trail
49. Web spam taxonomy
50. Malicious Insiders
Presentation of 6-7 slides