Hovav Schacham (IMAGE) University of Texas at Austin Caption Hovav Schacham, professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, and his colleagues have developed a new way to secure web browsers that uses an existing tool called WebAssembly to shift some of the browser code into "secure sandboxes" that prevent malicious code from taking over the user's computer. Credit University of Texas at Austin Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.