Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Facebook — A sign outside Facebook’s headquarters. (Flickr Anthony Quintano)

Facebook bans Myanmar general as U.N. calls for independent investigation into Rohingya crisis

Technology

Department of Justice — (Wikicommons)

Ukrainian hacker sentenced to 6 years in U.S. prison

Government

cobalt dickens — A night shot of Tehran, Iran. Secureworks says hackers from Iran similar to those indicted in March have been trying to steal credentials. ( Flickr user daniyal62)

Cobalt Dickens threat group looks to be similar to indicted hackers

Technology

Google Chrome — Researchers believe hackers used Chrome extensions and other malicious tools — along with domains issued by a single registrar — to spy on computer users. (Getty Images)

Google removes dozens of YouTube channels linked to ‘influence operation’

Technology

Democrats find hackers targeting voter database

Government

New critical vulnerability exposes Apache Struts instances to remote attacks

Technology

Remcos RAT — Remcos has been billed as a legit way to monitor computers remotely. (Getty)

Talos: Remcos software is a surveillance tool posing as legitimate software

Technology

hack back sheldon whitehouse — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., thinks private companies should have more leeway when it comes to “hacking back.”

Senator raises the specter of ‘hack back’ once again

Government

skype encryption — In Skype, encrypted “private conversations” are nevertheless now an easily accessible option in the compose menu.

Skype adds encrypted chat option for all users

Technology