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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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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

A photo of Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city. Photo by Jen Morgan/Flickr (CC BY ND 2.0)

Why was North Korea running a phantom cybersecurity startup in Malaysia?

Government

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Economists have studied how criminals can make the most out of ransomware

Threats

computer dark web dark net cryptocurrency — (Pixabay)

Monero cryptocurrency doubled in price in March and is being used more widely on dark web markets

Technology

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Health insurer Excellus is latest to argue that hacked data could’ve come from anywhere

Technology