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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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Researchers find zero-day exploit discovered on DirecTV hardware

Technology

HTTPS — (Getty)

It’s easy to fake Extended Validation certificates, research shows

Technology

Gemalto — (Flickr user Frederico Ettlin)

Atos makes $5 billion bid for Gemalto

Technology

Conficker — (Getty)

Conficker worm still spreading despite being nearly 10 years old

Healthcare

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Critical vulnerability found in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

Technology

Stanford University. Photo by Jitze Couperus/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Stanford U. official ousted after keeping quiet about huge exposure of sensitive data

Workforce

dark web, hacker — (Getty Images)

Ethiopia using Israeli spyware to spy on dissidents, journalists

Technology

Kirstjen Nielsen at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 20, 2016. (World Economic Forum / CC-BY-2.0)

Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary

Government

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Andromeda botnet mastermind arrested in Belarus, identified by his ICQ number

Government