#Tag
Terrible, racism and discrimination are institutionalized in the US now
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/u-of-alabama-student-magazines-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.508.WYI1.WPhR3aKzcPav&smid=nytcore-android-share
#alabama #discrimination #dei #usa #university
Don’t let MFA lull you into complacency. Advanced phishing kits can still slip through.
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, one of our customers alerted us to an Evilginx MITM phishing campaign targeting university students and SSO portals. At least 18 American institutions were targeted.
We tested several approaches for large-scale detection, including analyzing web server fingerprints and HTTP artifacts. However, this proved challenging because Evilginx operates as a proxy between the victim’s browser and the legitimate login page, making its behavior and content nearly indistinguishable from the real site. In the end, we mostly relied on DNS for confirmation and classification.
Here is a short blog about the campaign and actor, including involved domains and IPs.
https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/dns-uncovers-infrastructure-used-in-sso-attacks/
#InfobloxThreatIntel #dns #evilginx #threatintel #threatintelligence #infosec #cybersecurity #cybercrime #infoblox #phishing #mitm #aitm #sso #mfa #university #students #proxy #login
Me when the assignment calls for 7-8 pages (writes 40) #university #writing
"Many students are simply refusing to do *anything*."
https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l
#study #learning #education #student #students #knowledge #university #universities #academic
1/n Yesterday on @chris I commented (https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115612771113881465) about the #PostSecondary review announced by the #BCNDP.
Today, on #socialBC I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025”.
https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SPEC-2025_web_v1.pdf
I am grossed out by its AI fanboying -- a statement on the "state" of education in itself -- but the data is good... so... onward.
cc: @josie_osborne @mlabotterell @votetanille @emilylowan
#BCPoli #CanPoli #Education #University
Terrible, racism and discrimination are institutionalized in the US now
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/u-of-alabama-student-magazines-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.508.WYI1.WPhR3aKzcPav&smid=nytcore-android-share
#alabama #discrimination #dei #usa #university
Don’t let MFA lull you into complacency. Advanced phishing kits can still slip through.
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, one of our customers alerted us to an Evilginx MITM phishing campaign targeting university students and SSO portals. At least 18 American institutions were targeted.
We tested several approaches for large-scale detection, including analyzing web server fingerprints and HTTP artifacts. However, this proved challenging because Evilginx operates as a proxy between the victim’s browser and the legitimate login page, making its behavior and content nearly indistinguishable from the real site. In the end, we mostly relied on DNS for confirmation and classification.
Here is a short blog about the campaign and actor, including involved domains and IPs.
https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/dns-uncovers-infrastructure-used-in-sso-attacks/
#InfobloxThreatIntel #dns #evilginx #threatintel #threatintelligence #infosec #cybersecurity #cybercrime #infoblox #phishing #mitm #aitm #sso #mfa #university #students #proxy #login
"Many students are simply refusing to do *anything*."
https://bsky.app/profile/jesbattis.bsky.social/post/3m6pvvkojqk2l
#study #learning #education #student #students #knowledge #university #universities #academic
It's actually amazing how bad #MicrosoftTeams's own transcription software is at recognising the term "ChatGPT".
It's given me "chat GVD", "track GPT", and for the piece de resistance, "Chachi Boutif". Don't cheat on #university assignments with Chachi Boutif, you scoundrels.
1/n Yesterday on @chris I commented (https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/115612771113881465) about the #PostSecondary review announced by the #BCNDP.
Today, on #socialBC I want to do a summary thread on this 145 page “State of Post Secondary in Canada 2025”.
https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SPEC-2025_web_v1.pdf
I am grossed out by its AI fanboying -- a statement on the "state" of education in itself -- but the data is good... so... onward.
cc: @josie_osborne @mlabotterell @votetanille @emilylowan
#BCPoli #CanPoli #Education #University
Très content d’avoir pu parler de notre instance #Mastodon, de @bonfire et de l’initiative #OpenSocialNetwork en perspectives durant notre assemblée générale @unif d’hiver.
J’espère que certains de nos établissements membres ou de nos partenaires publics nous demanderons de nous impliquer plus dans ce futur de la recherche scientifique !
Perfect, many thanks for your work on this! 🙏🙌
Please keep on going and communicate a lot about #science #communication on the #Fediverse!
❓Is there a blog post that explains the #OpenSocialNetwork project? Why #Bonfire? Which features of the fediverse benefit science? What are your goals? etc.
#SciComm #WissComm #ORCID #FediCampus #Wissenschaft #university #Universität #sovereignty #digitalsovereignty #UnisInsFediverse #Xit
It's actually amazing how bad #MicrosoftTeams's own transcription software is at recognising the term "ChatGPT".
It's given me "chat GVD", "track GPT", and for the piece de resistance, "Chachi Boutif". Don't cheat on #university assignments with Chachi Boutif, you scoundrels.
Why does the list of embarrassing things that acadmics and their institutions seem addicted to, seem to be getting only ever longer and never shorter?
At least over the last 30 odd years I've been watching...
@brembs @albertcardona @lizziegadd
I am not sure how to begin to think about the risks we face in the #UK #university: multiple universities are in troubles with thousands of jobs and colleagues's life at risk, there are more than one thing we need fixing here in UK as the model doesn't work anymore and I would agree that gov and the university needs to stop running it as a business, but how?
Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!
#Cornell Reaches Deal with #Trump Admin to Restore #Research #Funding
The Ivy League #university had warned of #layoffs after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher #education.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
In June, #Cornell University leaders warned that they anticipated #layoffs & had begun what they described as “a comprehensive review of programs & head count across the university,” where the work force had climbed by more than 15% in about 4 years.
The suspension of federal #funding turned that #growth into a #crisis.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #extortion #Trump #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
“We have been using institutional resources to try to plug these #funding holes in the short term, but these interim measures are not sustainable,” #university leaders wrote. “We must immediately address our significant financial shortfalls by reducing costs & enacting permanent change to our operational model.”
The agreement with #Cornell is the fifth that the #Trump admin has announced since early July in connection with its pressure campaign against top #schools.
Under the terms of the agreement, #Cornell is expected to pay a $30 million #fine to the govt & to invest another $30 million on programs designed to enhance efficiency & lower costs in #agriculture & #farming [they already have a world renowned Ag School]. A land-grant institution, Cornell is known for its agricultural #research programs.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion #Trump #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
In April, the #Trump admin abruptly froze planned federal #research #funding for the #university. The govt had been scrutinizing #Cornell after accusing it of racial discrimination & antisemitism, & the university acknowledged receiving dozens of stop-work orders.
University leaders made clear that the #school was feeling extraordinary financial strain. The university has been considering issuing about $1 billion in bonds.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion #Autocracy #fascism
Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!
#Cornell Reaches Deal with #Trump Admin to Restore #Research #Funding
The Ivy League #university had warned of #layoffs after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher #education.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Cornell University reached an agreement with the #Trump admin Friday that would restore hundreds of millions in federal #funding to the #university, acc/to university & govt ofcls.
The agreement would also end government *investigations* that have placed the #school under months of federal scrutiny over accusations of *antisemitism* [ #FreeSpeech] & *discrimination* [ #diversity initiatives] in admissions.
Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!
#Cornell Reaches Deal with #Trump Admin to Restore #Research #Funding
The Ivy League #university had warned of #layoffs after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher #education.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Our lab is turning 10 years old!
Thank you very much to the current and former members, as well as collaborators, for a decade of excellent research at @uniinnsbruck
Our lab is turning 10 years old!
Thank you very much to the current and former members, as well as collaborators, for a decade of excellent research at @uniinnsbruck
A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
