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

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Cyberattack on CDK Global disrupts car sales in North America

Data technology company CDK Global Inc., a major supplier of software to car dealerships in North America, has been hit by a cyberattack that has resulted in the company being forced to take its systems offline and clients being unable to process regular business transactions. The attack occurred today as systems going offline at around ...

Nvidia reportedly acquires incident automation startup Shoreline for $100M

Nvidia Corp. has reportedly agreed to acquire incident automation startup Shoreline Inc., although neither company has confirmed the deal as of now. The details of the unconfirmed deal came from Bloomberg Tuesday, referencing people familiar with the matter. It reported a deal was struck recently and valued Shoreline at around $100 million. Founded in 2019, Shoreline provides intelligence ...

Hackers demand $50M ransom payment from UK lab provider following hospital disruption

A Russian hacking group is reportedly demanding a $50 million ransom payment from a U.K. lab services provider following a ransomware attack earlier this month that disrupted hospitals in London. The hacking group, known as Qilin, targeted Synnovis Group LLP, which provides lab services to hospitals in London under the U.K.’s National Health Service. Someone ...

AMD investigates alleged data theft as stolen data appears for sale on BreachForums

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is reportedly investigating a claim that data from the company has been stolen in an apparent hack. First spotted today by HackManac on X Inc., the claim that AMD has been hacked and data was stolen is per a listing on the infamous hacking site BreachForums. A user by the name ...

Waabi secures $200M for AI-powered autonomous trucks, targets 2025 launch

Canadian autonomous truck startup Waabi Innovation Inc. announced today that it has raised $200 million in new funding to support its development and deployment of fully driverless, generative artificial intelligence-powered autonomous trucks in 2025. Founded in 2021, Waabi is developing generative AI-based autonomous driving technology for the transport sector. The company’s “Waabi Driver” self-driving solution ...

Next DLP launches Secure Data Flow to prevent data theft and enhance security

Data loss prevention and insider risk company Next DLP Ltd. today announced the launch of Secure Data Flow, a new capability within its Reveal Platform that tracks data’s origin, movements and modification to provide protection. Secure Data Flow has been designed to overcome the limitations and complexities of legacy DLP solutions that rely on pattern ...

McKinsey offering aims to bridge the gap from AI prototypes to production

Management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. today announced an expanded artificial intelligence platform that offers enterprises a consolidated, software-based approach to building, implementing, scaling up and governing generative AI solutions. The expanded platform is powered by Iguazio, an AI development startup acquired by McKinsey in January 2023. Since its acquisition, Iguazio’s services have been integrated into ...

ZeroFox unveils new mobile app for real-time physical security intelligence

Cybersecurity firm ZeroFox Inc. today announced the launch of ZeroFox PSI Mobile, a physical security intelligence mobile application for corporate security practitioners who need dynamic, intelligence-driven physical security. The company says the app delivers continuous global physical threat awareness for on-the-go corporate security practitioners and allows for a rapid response to physical security incidents that could impact ...

Barracuda report: AI-enhanced phishing drives surge in email security threats

A new report released today by cloud cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks Inc. finds an alarming rise in email-based attacks, with cybercriminals increasingly leveraging generative artificial intelligence to craft more convincing and sophisticated phishing and business email compromise attacks. The Top Email Threats and Trends Report, based on the analysis of 69 million email-based attacks across 4.5 million mailboxes ...

Entro Security raises $18M to expand global operations in identity and secrets security

Cybersecurity startup Entro Security Ltd. today announced that it has raised $18 million in new funding in a round led by Dell Technologies Capital to scale  upits global operations to meet strong demand for its platform across key industries. Founded in 2022, Entro specializes in the security of non-human identities and secrets, with a platform that allows ...