Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Microsoft snaps up SaaS cloud cybersecurity startup Adallom for $320m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. is reported to have acquired Software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud cybersecurity company Adallom, Inc. for $320 million. Founded in 2012 by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak and Roy Reznik, former members of the Israeli Intelligence Corps’ Unit 8200, Adallom offers a cloud access …

End of an era: SoftBank is winding down its Venture Capital arm

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

In a defining, end of an era move, Japanese telco giant SoftBank Group Corp. is said to be winding down its Venture Capital arm, an arm that has funded an amazing variety of startups. According to reports, new SoftBank Chief Executive Officer Nikesh …

Bitcoin Blockchain investment firm Coinsilium to raise $4.6m through August IPO

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin Blockchain investment company Coinsilium Ltd. is going public, with the company announcing an initial public offering scheduled for August. Founded in 2014 by the founders of Bitcoin and Blockchain incubator Seedcoin, Coinsilium describes itself as an investment company that facilitates “the creation …

Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode shut following global law enforcement raids

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Global law enforcement agencies have shut down the notorious cybercrime forum Darkode after a prolonged investigation into its members. Reports are conflicting on how many people have been arrested in relation to the site, with numbers ranging from a dozen through to …

Oopsy: FireEye intern arrested, turns out he created the Dendroid Android malware

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity firm FireEye, Inc. would be feeling rather embarrassed today with news that they had employed an intern who turned out to be one of the world’s top Android hackers. 20-year-old Morgan Culbertson, according to reports, was arrested Wednesday and stands accused …

Report: Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6 Plus, S6 Edge Plus coming August 12, on sale August 21

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s latest Android-powered smartphones may be not far off, with an unconfirmed report Tuesday suggesting that they’ll be announced in August. According to Samsung dedicated site Sammobile, Samsung will announce the Galaxy Note 5, along with the Galaxy S6 …

Hacking Team found a way to track and trace Bitcoin transactions, and the software is now in the wild

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Notorious spyware vendor Hacking Team may have set the cat among the pigeons in the Bitcoin space with news that it has found a way to track Bitcoin transactions. According to Ars Technica, among the 400GB of files released as part of …

Back from the dead, computer brand Commodore lives once more, in the form of a smartphone

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Legendary computer brand Commodore is back from the dead, of sorts, at least in name, in the form of an Android-powered smartphone. The Commodore-branded phone is reported to come from a pair of Italian entrepreneurs who somehow ended up with the company …

The original web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish just got snapped up for $575m

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

The ultimate (back in the day) fan-boi Web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish, Inc. just went the same way as some of the sites did from that period (in a positive sense, most went tits up) and sold out, and in this case, …

Real estate investing site Realty Mogul raises $35m Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Real estate investing site Realty Mogul Co. has raised a $35 million Series B in a round led by Sorenson Capital that also included previous investor Canaan Partners. Founded in 2013, Realty Mogul is a marketplace for accredited investors to pool money …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Microsoft snaps up SaaS cloud cybersecurity startup Adallom for $320m

End of an era: SoftBank is winding down its Venture Capital arm

Bitcoin Blockchain investment firm Coinsilium to raise $4.6m through August IPO

Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode shut following global law enforcement raids

Oopsy: FireEye intern arrested, turns out he created the Dendroid Android malware

Report: Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6 Plus, S6 Edge Plus coming August 12, on sale August 21

Hacking Team found a way to track and trace Bitcoin transactions, and the software is now in the wild

Back from the dead, computer brand Commodore lives once more, in the form of a smartphone

The original web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish just got snapped up for $575m

Real estate investing site Realty Mogul raises $35m Series B

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