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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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MoFi Networks — The research points to a longstanding yet unresolved issue: how to incentivize security among vendors who sell routers in a market that prizes affordability and convenience. (Getty)

Telegram traffic from around the world took a detour through Iran

Government

20 new vulnerabilities discovered in the Samsung SmartThings Hub, patches issued

Technology

A Google data center.

Security keys have been good to Google, so now it’s promoting one of its own

Technology

The seal in San Francisco’s federal court building.

LinkedIn hacking suspect refuses to cooperate with his lawyers

Geopolitics

(Getty)

Domain fronting has a dwindling future

Technology

Rod Rosenstein (U.S. Marshals, Office of Public Affairs / Flickr)

DOJ drops massive report on its efforts to protect U.S. from cyberattacks

Government

iphone jailbreak — Photo by Paul Hudson/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

FBI director: Without compromise on encryption, legislation may be the ‘remedy’

Policy

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)

Lawmakers call on Amazon and Google to reconsider ban on domain fronting

Technology

TechCongress program grows as Capitol Hill plays catch-up on tech issues

Technology