30 May 2025 Software exploitation
Practical exploitation of a vulnerable binary using integer arithmetic and return-oriented programming.
Labs
The course will have (up to) eight hands-on practical sessions in the lab. In these labs, we’ll use practical tools to explore software, hosts, networks and the Web with a view to both attack and defence.
23 May 2025 Software (harder)
More exploration of low-level software basics: debugging in hard mode and (a very little bit of) tampering.
9 May 2025 Software (easy mode)
A reminder and exploration of low-level software basics: building and debugging (in "easy mode", i.e., with debugging symbols).
Lab reports
A guide to my expectations for lab reports that you submit in this course.