=================== Reference Materials =================== -------------------- Information security -------------------- - Charles R. Pleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger: `Security in Computing, Third or Fourth Edition `__, Prentice Hall. ------------ Cryptography ------------ - Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup: `A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography `__. --------------------------- Malware and vulnerabilities --------------------------- - Ed Skoudis with Tom Liston: `Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses `__, Prentice Hall. ------------- C programming ------------- - Sridhar Alagar: `CS/SE 3377: C Review `__, UT Dallas. --------------------- x86 assembly language --------------------- - Anton Burtsev: `x86 Instruction Set `__, UC Irvine.