Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Well, maybe there’s nothing to hack in here: the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel. (Kevin / Flickr CC BY SA 2.0)

U.S. launches ‘Hack the Air Force’ bug bounty program

Government

Photo by Hernán Piñera/Flickr CC BY SA 2.0

Zero-day exploits are rarer and more expensive than ever, researchers say

Technology

LastPass vulnerability ‘beats the entire purpose’ of two-factor authentication

Technology

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

Senate IT systems are ‘far behind’ on basic cybersecurity, Wyden charges

Government

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Shadow Brokers latest leak a gold mine for both criminals and researchers

Government

Lazarus Group — The Grand People’s Study House is the central library of North Korea, near Kim Il Sung Square. (Marcelo Druck / Flickr)

North Korea’s plan to cultivate an army of cybercrime masterminds

Technology

Photo by Tristan Schmurr (Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

DOJ moves to topple Kelihos, one of the world’s largest botnets

Government

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Insider charged with writing malware to steal Wall Street firm’s crown jewel algorithms

Financial

Health care industry is king of the malicious insider threat

Healthcare