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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Opaque Systems launches AI platform for secure encrypted data analysis

Secure data analytics startup Opaque Systems Inc. today launched a new platform designed for running artificial intelligence workloads on encrypted data that protects machine learning pipelines. Announced at the second annual Confidential Computing Summit, the new “Confidential AI Platform” supports machine learning pipelines as well as popular languages and frameworks for AI, such as Python and Spark. ...

Passwordless security company HYPR raises $30M to bolster defenses against AI security threats

Passwordless security company HYPR Corp. announced today that it has raised $30 million in new funding to drive accelerated advancements in technologies to combat the rising threat of artificial intelligence-driven credential-based attacks. Founded in 2014, HYPR offers an enterprise-focused decentralized authentication platform aimed at ensuring that personal credentials remain safe on individual devices. The company says its mission is ...

Synopsys researchers uncover prompt injection vulnerability in EmailGPT

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence services has produced a steady increase in what is typically referred to as “prompt injection” hacks, manipulating large language models through logic rather than exploiting traditional security vulnerabilities. However, the difference between the two is starting to blend. The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center warns today of a new prompt ...

TikTok moves to block exploit after high-profile account takeovers

TikTok has reportedly made moves to block a zero-day or previously undiscovered exploit that resulted in several high-profile accounts belonging to companies and celebrities getting hijacked over the last week. The first reported account takeover was a CNN account last week. Forbes reported earlier today that other accounts affected include those belonging to Paris Hilton ...

CrowdStrike shares rise on strong earnings and revenue beats

Shares in CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. rose 7% in late trading today after the cybersecurity company reported earnings, revenue and outlook beats in its fiscal 2025 first-quarter financial results. For the quarter that ended on April 30, CrowdStrike reported adjusted earnings per share of 93 cents, up from 57 cents in the same quarter of the previous year, ...

New ‘TacitRed’ solution from Cogility offers AI-driven threat intelligence monitoring

Continuous intelligence software company Cogility Software Corp. today announced the launch of TacitRed, an attack surface intelligence solution for fully curated, prioritized and detailed active threat intelligence. Designed with artificial intelligence-based continuous monitoring and stream data analysis, Cogility says, TacitRed delivers fully curated active threat intelligence that can be used by security teams to take ...

HackerOne launches partner program to leverage global ethical hacker community

Bug bounty firm HackerOne Inc. today announced the launch of its first partner program to meet a growing demand for cybersecurity solutions that leverage their global ethical hacker community. Called PartnerOne, the program is designed to give partners the ability to sell HackerOne solutions through their own channels, reducing commercial barriers for customers wanting to adopt “human-powered security.” ...

Stacklet raises $14.5M to enhance cloud governance-as-code platform

Cloud governance startup Stacklet Inc. today announced that it has raised $14.5 million in new funding to accelerate product development and expand sales and marketing efforts for its cloud governance-as-code platform. Founded in 2020 by the creators and maintainers of the Cloud Native Computer Foundation’s Cloud Custodian open-source project, Stacklet offers a cloud governance as ...

Code42 partners with Abnormal Security to launch new insider threat protection integration

Insider risk management company Code42 Software Inc. announced today that it has partnered with cybersecurity company Abnormal Security Corp. to launch a new integration to protect data from insider threats across email, the web and the cloud. The new integration, called Abnormal Security for Incydr Flows, provides joint customers with increased visibility and control over data access, email, ...

Raspberry Pi enhances AI capabilities with Hailo partnership

Artificial intelligence-focused chipmaker Hailo Technologies Ltd. announced today that Raspberry Pi Ltd. will use it to provide AI accelerators for the Raspberry Pi AI Kit, Raspberry Pi’s AI-enabled add-on for Raspberry Pi 5. The partnership between the two companies is aimed at helping professional and enthusiast creators alike to elevate their projects and solutions in home automation, ...