Introduction & Encryption
Adapted, with permission, from the Data Security and Ethics lecture materials by Martin Lester (University of Reading).
Data Security
Encryption, network attacks, memory corruption, injection and access control — adapted from the Data Security and Ethics module by Martin Lester.
Port Scanning & Firewalls
Adapted, with permission, from the Data Security and Ethics lecture materials by Martin Lester (University of Reading).
Buffer Overflows & Fuzzing
Adapted, with permission, from the Data Security and Ethics lecture materials by Martin Lester (University of Reading).
SQL Injection
Adapted, with permission, from the Data Security and Ethics lecture materials by Martin Lester (University of Reading).
Unix Permissions
Adapted, with permission, from the Data Security and Ethics lecture materials by Martin Lester (University of Reading).
Threat Surfaces in Practice: Lessons from a Sandboxed Language Runtime
The rest of this section covers established attack classes — buffer overflows, SQL injection, firewall evasion — and how to defend against them. This page is a companion showing the same defensive principles from the…