Week 8 Session: Command, control & communication

Week 8 covers how malware talks back to its operator, and what happens when the server on the other end gets switched off.

28 September 2027

Lecture 8

Command, Control & Communication

How malware communicates with its operator once it is running, and what happens when that channel disappears

Lab 7

Lab 7: C2 Communications Laboratory

Analyse captured command-and-control traffic and build a benign request/response simulator.

Assignment 1

Assignment 1: My First Malware

A fictional piece of malware, designed end to end and documented as a complete engineering artefact rather than a single hacking trick.

Teaching team