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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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Microsoft Active Directory — (Flickr user Thomas Hawk / CC-BY-2.0)

Microsoft rushes Windows patch disabling Intel’s Spectre fixes due to instability

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(Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine / Flickr)

Oracle issues patches for 10 ‘virtual machine escape’ flaws in VirtualBox

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nem — The majority of the value stolen was in NEM, a highly popular cryptocurrency in Japan. (Greg Otto)

Thieves steal at least $533 million in largest cryptocurrency heist ever

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Chronicle cybersecurity — (Alphabet)

Alphabet launches Chronicle, a new cybersecurity company

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bitcoin — As bitcoin moves to a financial asset, criminals are moving toward other cryptocurrencies.

Here’s another sign that criminals are breaking away from bitcoin

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(Pexels)

Severe Electron framework vulnerability impacts apps like Skype and Slack

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(Daniel Oines / Flickr)

Intel tells customers to skip buggy patches for Spectre and Meltdown

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ICO hacking — A chart showing fluctuations in Bitcoin’s price. Hackers are stealing various cryptocurrencies as companies look toward ICOs to raise funding. (Getty)

Hackers have stolen millions during the ICO craze, report says

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ad network malware — Scammers are filling ad networks with malicious ads that appear in Android apps. (Maurizio Pesce / Flickr / CC-BY-2.0)

Google awards record $112,500 bug bounty for Android exploit chain

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