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Caroline Nihill

Caroline Nihill is a reporter for IT Brew. Her work primarily focuses on cybersecurity, IT operations, and tech interactions between the private and public sectors. Based in the D.C. area, Caroline has also worked for Scoop News Group outlets including FedScoop, CyberScoop, StateScoop, and others.

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Cybersecurity

How a recent malware campaign highlights a tricky evasion technique

Abusing trusted infrastructure to deliver a malicious payload is at the heart of VEIL#DROP.

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Software

How Bloomberg works with open source

One expert suggests other companies could emulate Bloomberg’s tactics.

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Cybersecurity

How researchers accidentally found a large-scale threat platform

The attack leverages malicious domains that mimic actual hospitality and commerce websites.

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IT Strategy

Why a fast food conglomerate chose to focus on data stewardship

One key ingredient: agentic AI.

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Cybersecurity

Nissan data breach in Oracle PeopleSoft attack offers cybersecurity lessons

Mapping internal- and external-facing systems is key to helping mitigate attacks.

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IT Strategy

Inside Bloomberg’s internal IT pathways

And how the company keeps paving new ones.

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Cybersecurity

Will operationalized quantum computing hit the public soon?

Experts point to the need to secure systems before the technology fully arrives.

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Cybersecurity

What Hany Farid knows about defending against deepfakes

The GetReal Security founder and chief science officer says many defenders are doing nothing about deepfake threats.

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Hardware

Looking ahead: Are AI PCs the next big thing?

No crystal ball was consulted during the reporting of this story.

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Software

Inside Microsoft’s latest open-source AI vulnerability tooling

Microsoft veteran says the tooling can assist with agentic development and testing frameworks.