Computer Security 7.5 credits

About the course

This course gives an overview of security aspects of computer systems. It introduces basic building blocks such as cryptographic algorithms and hashing, and presents the main security architectures of operating systems and modern mobile software stacks such as Android. The course presents defense mechanisms but also describe attacks in the following contexts: system security (e.g., memory corruption vulnerabilities), web security (e.g., SQL injection, XSS) and mobile security. The course discusses approaches to find software vulnerabilities (e.g., fuzzing), to test and validate software (e.g., program analysis), to harden software but also to exploit vulnerabilities. The course presents different families of malware, and how to reverse engineer them to understand their behavior. Hardware security attacks (e.g., cold-boot attacks), network communication security, as well as attacks on anonymity networks such as Tor are also explained.

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Autumn 2025
- Computer Security
  
  Second admissions round for EU/EEA citizens
  
  HT25 / Umeå / English / On site
  
  Submit a late application
  
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  Starts
  3 November 2025
  
  Ends
  18 January 2026
  
  Number of credits
  7.5 credits
  
  Type of studies
  On site
  
  Study pace
  50%
  
  Teaching hours
  Daytime
  
  Study location
  Umeå
  
  Language
  English
  
  Application code
  UMU-57242
  
  Eligibility
  Eligibility requires 60 ECTS in Computing Science as well as - 7.5 ECTS introductory programming in C - 7.5 ECTS datastructures and algorithms - 7.5 ECTS systems programming - 7.5 ECTS databases - 7.5 ECTS discrete mathematics
  
  Selection
  
  Academic credits
  
  Application
  Application deadline was 15 April 2025. Please note: This second application round is intended only for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens. Submit a late application at Universityadmissions.se.
  
  Application and tuition fees
  As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
  
  Application fee: SEK 900
  
  Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 19,038
  
  Total fee: SEK 19,038
  
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