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Billy Hurley

Billy Hurley is a reporter for IT Brew. He was previously a reporter and editor at SearchSecurity.com from 2008 to 2010. He later wrote stories and produced podcasts for SAE Media Group, which published the monthly magazine NASA Tech Briefs.

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Cybersecurity

Asking around: the easiest ransomware attack signals to miss

We ask security pros to consider common entry points.

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Cybersecurity

Coalition report reveals fund transfer fraudsters going straight to the bank

By impersonating clients over the phone, threat actors can temporarily bypass email security.

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Cybersecurity

Asking around: When does ransomware threat intelligence become noise?

Pros share how to rescue yourself from drowning in alerts.

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IT Strategy

How one data engineer got out of the silo (and how you can too)

It helps to be curious.

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Software

So, your employee made an app: A vibe-coding checklist

How today’s software pros treat code outputs from mainstream LLMs.

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Software

With Project Glasswing, CSA warns IT pros to prepare for ‘flood of vulnerabilities’

“Attackers gain disproportionate benefit, and current patch cycles, response processes, and risk metrics were not built for this environment,” the CSA memo noted.

Software

The state of automation and AI

IT pros tasked with automating their tech stacks—and integrating AI—face an escalating series of challenges

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Cybersecurity

How CISOs can prepare for a new wave of AI-discovered software vulnerabilities

Maybe spin up some automation, an inventory, and even a “VulnOps.”

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IT Strategy

How National Geographic will move 15 petabytes of video to the cloud

The data migration will provide a backup and a way for producers at the nonprofit to tell more stories, quicker.

Finance and accounting talent exodus
Software

The challenge of continuity in open-source development

Open-source maintainers share what helps their maintenance.