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Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O’Neill is a cybersecurity reporter for CyberScoop based in San Francisco.

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Facebook multi-factor authentication — (Pixabay)

Facebook no longer requires phone numbers for multi-factor authentication

Technology

Android updates — (Flickr user Larry Qian

No one is updating their Android devices, new data shows

Technology

ZTE — (Flickr / Kārlis Dambrāns)

Potential Trump deal to ease sanctions on China’s ZTE riles Congress

Government

The YubiKey NEO and an iPhone, now friends. Photo: Patrick Howell O’Neill

YubiKey arrives on iOS

Technology

Jenovice Labs — Jenovice Labs will soon offer devices that can surveil entire cities. (Jenovice Labs)

Meet the Israeli company ready to sell citywide surveillance

Privacy

scan4you — (Getty)

Latvian national convicted of running ‘VirusTotal-for-criminals’ malware scanner

Government

(Getty Images)

Accused ‘DarkOverlord’ hacker arrested in Serbia

Government

Getty

Ex-CIA employee identified as suspect in ‘Vault 7’ leaks

Government

signal — (Emma Whitehead/Getty/Open Whisper Systems)

It only took five hours to close a critical vulnerability in Signal’s desktop client

Technology