Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Want to hack a RFID card? There’s an app for that

By Duncan Riley Dec 4, 2014

Hackers in Chile have created and distributed an Android app that allows for easy RFID card hacking. The application ANDROIDOS_STIP.A, said to be “the first android application designed to attack NFC devices,” has primarily been…

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Suspect investment? Indiegogo has insurance for that

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2014

Indiegogo Inc. is giving fans of crowd-funding some insurance…literally, by offering insurance for investors if their funded product of choice goes bust. According to reports, Indiegogo is testing an “Optional Insurance” fee that provides a…

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MasterCard urges regulation of Bitcoin in Australia

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2014

MasterCard Inc. has set its sights on Bitcoin, telling the Australian Government to impose regulations against the anonymity of the digital currency. In a statement to the Australian Senate Economics References Committee’s inquiry into into…

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Firefox wants in on iOS

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2014

Mozilla Corporation has expressed interest in bringing its Firefox browser to the iOS ecosystem. Mozilla’s Vice President of Firefox Jonathan Nightingale is reported to have made the disclosure to an audience at an internal…

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Cyber Monday spending up with big growth in mobile

By Duncan Riley Dec 3, 2014

IBM and comScore Inc. have released their annual reports on Cyber Monday, both stating that spending is up this year, with a big increase in mobile device ordering. The IBM study found that online sales on…

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Cicret bracelet could make other smartwatches redundant… if it’s real

By Duncan Riley Dec 2, 2014

A group in Europe is currently pitching the Cicret Bracelet, an armband that projects the content of your phone onto your arm, and allows you to interact with the projected content. The Cicret comes…

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Hacking Wall Street: group targets publicly traded companies

By Duncan Riley Dec 2, 2014

Hacking has taken a new dimension, with a report claiming that a new group has been targeting companies for insider information to profit via market trading. FireEye, Inc. has released an intelligence report that…

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Intel acquires identity management service PasswordBox

By Duncan Riley Dec 2, 2014

Intel Corp. has announced that it has acquired Montreal based identity management service PasswordBox Inc. The company, founded by Daniel Robichaud, had previously raised $8.2 million over two rounds, from investors including OMERS Ventures and…

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Sony hires Mandiant to fix hack with possible North Korean roots

By Duncan Riley Dec 1, 2014

Sony Corp. has hired FireEye’s Mandiant unit to assist it in cleaning up the mess left by a mass hacking with possible North Korean roots. Several people familiar with the matter said the Mandiant forensics…

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Study shows Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you think

By Duncan Riley Dec 1, 2014

University of Luxembourg researchers have published a paper that finds the Bitcoin cryptocurrency is not as anonymous as you think, and overcoming Bitcoin anonymity is neither hard nor expensive. The paper, presented to the…

Duncan Riley

Want to hack a RFID card? There’s an app for that

Suspect investment? Indiegogo has insurance for that

MasterCard urges regulation of Bitcoin in Australia

Firefox wants in on iOS

Cyber Monday spending up with big growth in mobile

Cicret bracelet could make other smartwatches redundant… if it’s real

Hacking Wall Street: group targets publicly traded companies

Intel acquires identity management service PasswordBox

Sony hires Mandiant to fix hack with possible North Korean roots

Study shows Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you think

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