Patrick Howell O'Neill

New: A Canadian cybersecurity firm accused a former contractor of sharing trade secrets about zero-day vulnerability used to hack iPhones with a rival firm Gift link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-17/iphone-hacking-firm-sues-ex-worker-over-alleged-theft-of-secrets?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDMxOTQ5MiwiZXhwIjoxNzg0OTI0MjkyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSUMxTDRLR0NUSUYwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0OEFDOEE5MkEwNTM0MkQ4OEIyRjkwQjhDMTgzMTdDMyJ9.SmzVN0yLGMXc6yawroozoHNYv8IrQvCd-9SVmSU-cSY

New: AI is driving new records in software vulnerabilities but prophecies of a so-called "bugpocalypse" haven't come to pass https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-27/ai-hunts-for-cyber-flaws-finding-record-numbers-in-tech-sector?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NTE3ODM1OSwiZXhwIjoxNzg1NzgzMTU5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSVVETlBUOU5KTFQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0OEFDOEE5MkEwNTM0MkQ4OEIyRjkwQjhDMTgzMTdDMyJ9.z3BDvCQbIyLyRcRQgIsKejrHduNgHbyS9TXTJZhVFi0