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Grades for written Backup Exam (Oct 30) online

Written on 01.11.20 by Sven Bugiel

The grades for the written backup exam from Oct 30 are in the CMS.

Exam inspection: If you like to inspect your exam, please contact Sven Bugiel to arrange a virtual meeting.

Written backup exam

Written on 24.09.20 by Sven Bugiel

The written backup exam will take place on Friday, Oct 30, from 14:00–16:00 in HS002 in E1 3.

Please register in the LSF and in the CMS.

Oral Backup Exam Grades online

Written on 27.05.20 by Sven Bugiel

We put the grades for the oral backup exam into the CMS.

If you like to "inspect the exam", please contact me by tomorrow, Thursday, May 28, to schedule a call; otherwise, I will enter the current grades into the LSF on Friday.

Update on Backup Exam

Written on 30.04.20 by Sven Bugiel

Dear all,

here an update regarding the backup exam:

A written backup exam will be offered in the additional exam period between October 19 - October 30.

We additionally offer an optional oral exam on May 25 and May 26. The oral exam is optional for students that have time limitations etc (for… Read more

Dear all,

here an update regarding the backup exam:

A written backup exam will be offered in the additional exam period between October 19 - October 30.

We additionally offer an optional oral exam on May 25 and May 26. The oral exam is optional for students that have time limitations etc (for example, if you need your grade before October). If you do not participate in the oral exam, your next possible attempt is the written exam in October (this affects students that want to improve their current grade).

Important:

If you want to take the oral exam, please register in the LSF for it.
If you were registered in the LSF for the original date of the backup exam, please check if you are still registered (and unregister in case you don't want to take the oral exam!).
Registration/Unregistration is possible until May 18.
If you want to take the oral exam, besides LSF registration, also indicate your available timeslots in Doodle (Deadline: May 18). The link to the doodle is posted in a new section in the course materials in the CMS.

The oral exam will take place via Zoom, following the guidelines published by the university, and will take 30 minutes. For those students that will take the oral exam, we offer to test their Zoom setup prior to the exam with us.

Cheers and stay healthy,
Sven

Postponed backup exam

Written on 22.03.20 by Sven Bugiel

Dear all, the backup exam will be postponed due to the ongoing pandemic. Given the current situation, requiring physical presence and commute would not be a responsible decision. Thus, if any you are *really in need* to do the backup exam (e.g., starting a job soon etc.) and you need the grade *now*,… Read more

I will keep you posted as soon as I know more about the new examination schedule.

Above all, stay healthy!

Best,
Sven

Exam grades published; Exam inspection on Monday, Mar 2

Written on 26.02.20 by Sven Bugiel

The points and grades for the end-term exam are published in the CMS.

Exam inspection will take place on Monday, Mar 2, from 15:00-16:00 in room 0.07 at CISPA.

Exam location: Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal

Written on 21.02.20 by Sven Bugiel

Just to make sure: as announced on the CMS pages, the exam will take place in the Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal!

Admission/Qualifying for the exam

Written on 17.02.20 by Abdallah Dawoud

Please check your mobile security page to know whether you are qualified for the exam or not (check for "Admission status" under Exams section). To qualify, you must obtain a minimum of 160 points. If you have any questions, please contact me via email: abdallah.dawoud@cispa.saarland.

Latest News Regarding Submissions

Written on 24.01.20 (last change on 24.01.20) by Abdallah Dawoud

We have some news regarding:

- Course Project: the deadline has been extended until midnight 31.01.2020 as compensation for all the days when the server was offline.

- Exercise 7: We just released the last exercise for this course and the deadline is also due to midnight 01.02.2020.

-… Read more

We have some news regarding:

- Course Project: the deadline has been extended until midnight 31.01.2020 as compensation for all the days when the server was offline.

- Exercise 7: We just released the last exercise for this course and the deadline is also due to midnight 01.02.2020.

- Tutorials: In next week's tutorials, we will discuss both exercise sheets #1 and #2.

Good luck.

No tutorial today

Written on 24.01.20 by Abdallah Dawoud

Since we have two sheets that are due to today and one is due to tomorrow, we have nothing to discuss today in the tutorial. Therefore, we have to cancel today's tutorial.

Room changed for this week's lecture

Written on 23.01.20 by Sven Bugiel

Please note that due to a room change for a guest lecture at CISPA, the Mobile Security lecture tomorrow will again take place in room 0.01.

Tutorial for helping in the course project

Written on 16.01.20 by Abdallah Dawoud

If you have any questions/issues regarding the project, we encourage you to attend tomorrow's tutorial at 14:00. If possible, bring the machine you use for working with the VM assigned to you.

No tutorial today

Written on 13.01.20 by Abdallah Dawoud

Sorry for the short notice but today's tutorial is canceled. I planned a support session for the course project and I, unfortunately, have to cancel it for personal reasons. If you are enrolled in today's tutorial and you need help in the course project, then arrange a one-to-one meeting with me this… Read more

Room change for lecture this week

Written on 06.01.20 by Sven Bugiel

The lecture this Friday, 10.01.2020, has to take place in room 0.01 in CISPA (groundfloor, right-hand side when entering through the main entrance).

No tutorials this week & homework grading

Written on 05.01.20 by Abdallah Dawoud

There will be no tutorials this week. We hope you would spend the time working on the project. In case you have a problem or a question, please drop by my office in CISPA R3.11 tomorrow 10:00-12:00.

Regarding the assignment sheets, we will correct them and publish the results soon.

The course project is online

Written on 19.12.19 by Abdallah Dawoud

By now, every group that registered itself has received an email with the information on how to login to the building server VM. Additionally, we have just released the course project sheet with the necessary assets. The deadline is set for the 24th of Jan. I hope you would enjoy the holiday and have… Read more

Lecture continues after holiday break

Written on 18.12.19 by Sven Bugiel

Just to be sure everyone is aware of this: according to the timetable, the lecture continues on Jan 10! There is no lecture this Friday, Dec 20!

Have a nice holiday break and a good start into the new year!

No tutorials for this week

Written on 15.12.19 (last change on 15.12.19) by Abdallah Dawoud

Since we didn't publish an exercise last week, we canceled the tutorials for this week only (Mon. the 16th and Fri. the 20th). However, if you have any questions regarding the course, please drop by my office (CISPA, R3.11) during tutorials' dedicated hours. Thank you.

Delayed release of course project

Written on 13.12.19 (last change on 13.12.19) by Abdallah Dawoud

Due to unfortunate technical issues related to the VMs creation, the release of the course project will be delayed for a few days. We will change the previously intended deadline to cope with this delay. The IT administrators are working on this task in full force. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Preparing for the course project

Written on 05.12.19 (last change on 05.12.19) by Abdallah Dawoud

For the course project, we kindly ask you to:

1. Update your public SSH key in the CMS for the Mobile Security course (you can find the field after login under "SSH public key"). Each group will be given access to a VM where they can modify and build Android Open Source Project and your SSH keys… Read more

For the course project, we kindly ask you to:

2. Send your group members to my email: abdallah.dawoud@cispa.saarland. A group consists of, at maximum, two students.

Thank you.

Youtube playlist available

Written on 03.12.19 by Sven Bugiel

As per request to also be able to stream the lecture recordings, I put them into an unlisted Youtube playlist. You can find the URL in the course materials.

Tutorials start next week

Written on 22.11.19 by Sven Bugiel

Sorry if I confused some of you at the end of the lecture today, tutorials start next week, not today.

Tutorial slots assigned and tutorial next Monday

Written on 08.11.19 by Sven Bugiel

We assigned the tutorial slots, not all were optimal, but as usual, you might someone to switch or check if there is an empty seat in the other tutorial.

Next Monday, Abdallah offers the tutorial to those of you that have problems with Exercise 0, meaning with setting up the Android Studio on your… Read more

We assigned the tutorial slots, not all were optimal, but as usual, you might someone to switch or check if there is an empty seat in the other tutorial.

Next Monday, Abdallah offers the tutorial to those of you that have problems with Exercise 0, meaning with setting up the Android Studio on your computers. If you need some help there, attend the tutorial next Monday.

Exercise 0 now online

Written on 01.11.19 by Sven Bugiel

The first exercise sheet (not graded yet) is online. Since we will work with and extend the app from this exercise, you should follow this sheet despite it not being graded.