Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 is no longer available, but the Blackphone name lives on in new Silent Circle software.

Back in America with a black eye, Silent Circle rebuilds with focus on software

Technology

Jeff Sessions. (Department of Homeland Security / Jetta Disco / Flickr)

Jeff Sessions made investors want to throw money at dark web intelligence firms

Policy

CC BY 2.0 — Photo by Eric Ray (Flickr)

Adobe will finally kill Flash in 2020

Government

North Korea’s internet connections to China and India come under scrutiny

Government

Anti-bot security firm PerimeterX lands $23 million investment

Technology

(Marco Verch / Flickr)

Chinese tech firm continues to secretly siphon data from Android phones

Technology

computer dark web dark net cryptocurrency — (Pixabay)

Hackers steal $32 million in Ether cryptocurrency hack

Technology

National Security Agency — (Creative Time Reports / Flickr)

NSA inspector general nominee pledges to investigate contractor leaks, whistleblower protections

Government

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pictured at the Web 2.0 Summit (Flickr / JD Lasica)

Wyden urges DHS to adopt secure email authentication protocol

Government