TEACHING & EDUCATION

Teaching

We are deeply committed to cybersecurity education. Our team delivers courses, lab sessions, and workshops at UPB — training the next generation of security practitioners.

CURRENT SEMESTER

Active Courses

CS-MASTER — SEM 1 ACTIVE

Advanced Topics in System Security

Graduate-level course covering memory corruption exploitation, kernel security, secure enclave design, and modern mitigation techniques.

EXPLOITATION KERNEL MITIGATIONS

schedule Mon & Wed — 14:00–16:00 — Room EC105

CS-BACHELOR — SEM 2 ACTIVE

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Undergraduate introductory course covering fundamentals: network security, cryptography, web application security, and ethical hacking methodology.

NETWORKS CRYPTOGRAPHY WEB SEC

schedule Tue & Thu — 10:00–12:00 — Room EG301

CS-MASTER — SEM 2 ACTIVE

Mobile & IoT Security

Hands-on course covering Android and iOS security internals, firmware reverse engineering, and embedded device exploitation.

MOBILE IOT FIRMWARE

schedule Fri — 12:00–16:00 — Security Lab 2

OPTIONAL — ALL LEVELS ONGOING

CTF Training & Competitive Hacking

Weekly practice sessions to prepare students for national and international Capture the Flag competitions. All skill levels welcome.

CTF PWN CRYPTO

schedule Every Saturday — 10:00–13:00 — Security Lab 1

LEARNING MATERIALS

Open Educational Resources

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Lab Exercises

Practical hands-on lab materials published on GitHub for all our courses.

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Lecture Slides

Lecture slide decks in PDF format, openly licensed for reuse and adaptation.

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Video Lectures

Selected recorded sessions available on YouTube for remote learners.

OUTREACH

Workshops & Events

OCT
2024

bISCuits Security Day 2024

Annual one-day event at UPB featuring talks from group members, industry guests, and live CTF challenges open to all UPB students.

MAR
2024

Intro to Reverse Engineering Workshop

Half-day intensive workshop for bachelor's students introducing IDA Pro, Ghidra, and basic binary analysis techniques.