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The moment an attacker owns a valid collaboration account, their phishing and file transfers look like ordinary teamwork, and controls built around email and the login screen never fire. Unit 42, the Palo Alto Networks threat-research team, calls this the identity security gap inside authenticated Teams and Slack sessions. Its analysis found endpoint alerts tied…

Online shopping is one of the biggest perks of modern technology. Sales are everywhere, and in just a few taps, those shoes you’ve been eyeing, your favorite coffee beans or the latest tech can show up at your door. Sounds great, right? Unfortunately, online shopping has also opened opportunities for cybercriminals.

Computer science professor Dr. Kevin Hamlen is on a quest to train students in a combination of high-demand computer-security skills: the mathematical reasoning needed to prove software is secure and the programming expertise needed to uncover real-world vulnerabilities that could lead to cyberattacks.