Competitive skills in cybersecurity

Data is displayed for the academic year: 2025./2026.

Lecturers

Assoc. Prof.
Ante Đerek
PhD
Assoc. Prof.
Stjepan Groš
PhD
Prof.
Marin Vuković
PhD

Course Description

Course objectives: Introduce students to tools and techniques for OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), digital forensics, cryptography, web application security, reverse engineering, binary exploitation, ethical hacking, and hardware hacking. Enable students to acquire specific skills and knowledge necessary for participating and succeeding in CTF (Capture the Flag) competitions. Ensure students can apply their knowledge to real-world cybersecurity problems through practical exercises and assignments.

Study Programmes

University undergraduate
[FER3-HR] Computing - study
Skills (6. semester)
[FER3-HR] Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - study
Skills (4. semester) (6. semester)
University graduate
[FER3-HR] Computing - study
Skills (2. semester)
[FER3-HR] Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - study
Skills (2. semester)
[FER3-HR] Information and Communication Technology - study
Skills (2. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Utilize tools for collecting digital traces.
  2. Describe the fundamental principles of computer forensics.
  3. Explain attacks on cryptographic primitives.
  4. Implement attacks on vulnerable internet infrastructure.
  5. Perform static and dynamic program analysis.
  6. Apply various methods during software exploitation.
  7. Recognize and apply principles of ethical hacking.
  8. Explain hardware vulnerabilities.

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Seminars and workshops

Independent assignments

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Introductory Lecture and OSINT (Open Source Intelligence)
  2. Computer Forensics
  3. Cryptography 1
  4. Cryptography 2
  5. Web Application Security 1
  6. Web Application Security 2
  7. Midterm Exam
  8. Reverse Engineering 1
  9. Reverse Engineering 2
  10. Software Security 1 (Binary Exploitation)
  11. Software Security 2 (Binary Exploitation)
  12. Ethical Hacking
  13. Hardware Hacking
  14. Industry Applications
  15. Final Exam

General

ID 279604
  Summer semester
4 ECTS
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
15 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises

Grading System

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