Course

Smart Fuzzing

In this course, you’ll write a custom evolutionary fuzzer that employs machine learning to fuzz a target. You’ll also learn the machine learning behind, as well as how to use, AFL.

    Syllabus

  • Assignment: FuzzMe File — 01:00:00
  • Assignment: FuzzMe video Video — 00:00:42
  • What is Fuzzing? Video — 00:01:34
    • Brief overview of fuzzing for vulnerability detection.

  • Basic Fuzzing and Code Coverage Video — 00:11:01
    • Write a toy fuzzer, understand the idea behind code coverage and instrument a program to obtain code coverage.

  • Mutation Video — 00:08:36
    • Understand how mutation is used in fuzzing.

  • How to Write Your Own Evolutionary Fuzzer Video — 00:19:36
    • Design and code an evolutionary fuzzer from scratch.

  • Fuzzing with AFL Video — 00:07:45
    • Understand the machine learning behind, as well as use, AFL.

Syllabus

Course description

The course begins by teaching the theory, as well as Python implementation, for naive and smart fuzzing, including the topics of code coverage, mutation and genetic algorithms for fuzzing. We will then write a custom evolutionary fuzzer that employs machi

Meet the author

Dr. Tsukerman graduated from Stanford University and UC Berkeley. In 2017, his machine-learning-based anti-ransomware product won Top 10 Ransomware Products by PC Magazine. In 2018, he designed a machine-learning-based malware detection system for Palo Alto Network’s WildFire service (over 30,000 customers).

In 2019, Dr. Tsukerman authored the Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Cookbook and launched the Infosec Skills Cybersecurity Data Science Learning Path.

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