CSE 291-C

Schedule: Lecture:TTh 2-3:20 EBU 2154

Instructors: Stefan Savage (savage@cs.ucsd.edu) and Alex Gantman (agantman@qti.qualcomm.com)

TA: Tianyi Shan
Office hours: Alex Gantman, Wed 4:30-5:30 (via Teams link here
Stefan Savage, Mon 11am-12pm, in person (CSE 3106) or via Zoom at this link

Description

This course will explore the history and evolution of cybercrime (crime using computers and, in particular, crime using connected computers) using a range of sources -- including academic papers, government reports and contemporary journalism from the time. We will specifically explore changes in technical means, in business models and tactics, in scale of operation, in the demographics of victims and perpetrators and in the nature of societal and government response. The goal of the course is to better understand the interplay between technical, social and economic factors that have allowed cybercriminal activity to adapt and flourish over the last thirty years and what this might teach us about cybercrime activities in the future.

There are no required pre-requisites but we are going to assume you understand enough about the technical aspects of security and privacy (e.g., such as having taking an undergraduate class in security) that we, at most, only need to do cursory reviews of any technical material.

This will very much be a readings and discussion class, so be prepared to enage if you sign up, its not a good class for being silent and sitting in the back.

Logistics

This class will be tought in person and will not be recorded.