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COCS71153 Cyber Operations Coursework 202409

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Module Code

University of Staffordshire, UK

COCS71153 Cyber Operations (on-


campus) individual coursework, Sem 1
Table of Contents
1 Coursework details .................................................................................................... 1

2 Notes on Plagiarism ................................................................................................... 1

3 Submission requirements .......................................................................................... 1

4 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3

5 Part A: The research, 2000 words ............................................................................... 3

6 Part B: Network packet analysis using Wireshark, 1000 words .................................... 3

7 Marking criteria ......................................................................................................... 4

1 Coursework details
• Contact: Mohammad S. Hasan

• Assessment weight: 100%

2 Notes on Plagiarism
• You are expected to explain the concepts in your own words or rephrase and avoid
quotes as quotes will increase Turnitin matches. You are referred to the University’s
regulations on plagiarism available at
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/academic_misconduct_tcm44-26770.pdf

• If the Turnitin system detects plagiarism, it will be reported to the school and
appropriate actions will be taken.

3 Submission requirements
1. The deadline is published on Blackboard.
2. Your report

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a. Your report can be of up to 3000 words with an overall flexibility of +10%.


However, this is the absolute word count limit and any further words will be
ignored i.e. NOT marked. To improve the document readability and to reduce
the number of words, you can use graphs, diagrams etc. Word count will
include the following items.
i. All titles or headings that form part of the actual text.
ii. All words that form the essay (the main body of text).
iii. All words forming the titles/captions for figures, tables and boxes
iv. All in-text (that is bracketed) citations
v. All directly quoted material
b. The report should be structured professionally e.g. a title page containing the
title of the coursework, student name, student ID etc., table of contents
(ToC), defined sections or headings/sub-headings corresponding to the
marking criteria items, diagrams, citations and references, page numbers etc.
Text font size, image or diagrams must be readable. Margins must be
sufficiently wide to allow the work to be read easily.
c. Your report must have valid citations and references i.e. for each reference,
at least 1 citation MUST exist in the body of the report. The university
requirement is Harvard style. You are recommended to use a referencing tool
e.g. Mendeley, Zotero etc. At least 10 references are needed.
d. Report submission through the Turnitin system ONLY. Turnitin system will
NOT accept submission after the deadline. It is strongly recommended that
you attempt to submit bit early to avoid any technical difficulty or missing the
deadline.
e. Paper submission or handwritten report / element will be ignored i.e. NOT
marked. Any text, code etc. inserted as image will be ignored i.e. NOT
marked. The following is an example where a table of 33 words or text is
inserted as an image to avoid word count.

f. You will be allowed to upload ONLY once to the Turnitin system. Therefore,
please make sure that your coursework is free of plagiarism and you are
uploading the correct version.

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g. An editable source file e.g. Microsoft docx MUST be submitted. Non-editable


source file e.g. PDF is NOT allowed. Do NOT attempt to submit other file
formats e.g. zip as these file formats might NOT be recognised by the Turnitin
system.
h. If you have a Learning Support Statement (LSS) or Learning Support
Agreement (LSA), it MUST be discussed with the module leader and any
extension MUST be pre-approved by the module leader.
i. If this is a group work e.g. a group report, you MUST include a table at the
beginning of your report showing contribution of each member. An example
is shown below.

Group member name Area/topic of contribution Percentage of contribution


Alice Wonder Risk assessment 100%
Bob Bull Mitigation and 50%
recommendations

3. Your simulation, if applicable


a. If you need to upload a simulation e.g., Packet Tracer, Riverbed, Qualnet etc.,
it must be uploaded to the Blackboard using a separate link.

4 Introduction
You have applied for a job as a Cybersecurity Operations Analyst. You have just passed the
first stage of the interview. The second stage will test your research and network packet
analysis skills based on a report using Wireshark as explained below. Your report should
have the following sections.
1. Title page
2. Clear heading for each section
3. Citations and references
a. Presence of proper citation in the report body and references at the end of
the report.

5 Part A: The research, 2000 words


You have been asked to research on the common types of cyber-attacks and their controls
to reduce the risk or impact. See section 7 for further details and marking criteria.

6 Part B: Network packet analysis using Wireshark, 1000


words
Blackboard has a Wireshark file containing some pre-captured network frames. You will
have to analyse that file and include your findings in the report. The tool that you will be

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using to examine the file is the Wireshark network protocol analyser which is a free tool and
available from https://www.wireshark.org/. See section 7 for further details and marking
criteria.

7 Marking criteria

Part
Task # # Description Mark
Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack: explain the attack and possible
1A control mechanisms. 10
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack: explain the attack and possible
2A control mechanisms. 10
SQL injection attack: explain the attack and possible control
3A mechanisms. 10
Zero-day exploit attack: explain the attack and possible control
4A mechanisms. 10
DNS tunneling attack: explain the attack and possible control
5A mechanisms. 10

Methodology: explain the steps you have taken to analyse the


given Wireshark file based on the hosts, IP address, traffic,
protocol, port etc. This could be presented as a table or a flowchart
6 B showing various aspects e.g. syntax for filters, expected results etc. 10
Network attack 1: show a relevant screenshot from Wireshark and
7 B explain the attack. 10
Network attack 2: show a relevant screenshot from Wireshark and
8 B explain the attack. 10
Network attack 3: show a relevant screenshot from Wireshark and
9 B explain the attack. 10
Network attack 4: show a relevant screenshot from Wireshark and
10 B explain the attack. 10
11 A, B Citation and reference 10
Total 110

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