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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Officer details stolen in attack on UK police ID card supplier

Details of police officers have been stolen following a ransomware attack on a third-party supplier that makes ID cards for a police force in the U.K. The attack involved a ransomware attack on Stockport that resulted in the theft of personal details of police officers and staff employed by the Greater Manchester Police.  The exact ...

Granica unveils AI-powered Chronicle service for cloud data access insights

Artificial intelligence efficiency platform startup Granica Computing Inc. today announced Chronicle, a new generative artificial intelligence-powered software-as-a-service solution that provides visibility and analytics into how data is accessed in cloud object stores. Granica, which launched with $45 million in funding in June, offers a platform designed to help petabyte-scale Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 and Google Cloud Storage ...

NeuroBlade and Meta’s Velox team up to boost data analytics acceleration

Data analytics acceleration startup NeuroBlade Ltd. today announced that it has teamed up with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Velox community to open source hardware acceleration to the Velox execution engine by integrating NeuroBlade’s SQL Processing Unit. The open-source hardware integration to the Velox execution engine delivers seamless integration of NeuroBlade’s SPU technology to yield acceleration of more than ...

Remote Desktop Protocol exposures leave 85% of organizations vulnerable to attack

A new report from Palo Alto Network Inc.’s Unit 42 finds that 85% of organizations have Remote Desktop Protocol internet accessible for at least 25% of the month, leaving them open to ransomware attacks or unauthorized login attempts. Released today, the 2023 Unit 42 Attack Surface Threat Report digs into the dynamic nature of cloud environments and ...

New ‘3AM’ ransomware strain used in place of failed LockBit attack

A new ransomware strain dubbed “3AM” has been detected in a single incident being used where an attempt to infect a victim with LockBit ransomware had been blocked. Detailed today by researchers from the Symantec Threat Hunting team, 3AM is written in the Rust programming language and is believed to be a completely new malware family. ...

ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group linked to attack on MGM Resorts

A range of services at MGM Resorts International Inc. remained offline today following a ransomware attack that is now being linked to the ALPHV/BlackCat hacking group. The ransomware attack was first detected on Sunday and affected websites, online reservations, ATMs and credit card machines at MGM Resort locations across the U.S. There were also reports that ...

JetBrains now offers a dedicated integrated development environment for Rust

Professional software development tools company JetBrains s.r.o today announced the launch of RustRover, an integrated development environment or IDE dedicated to the Rust programming language. Rust, which emphasizes performance, type safety and concurrency, has seen extensive adoption and increasing popularity in recent years because it offers advantages for software engineers, business leaders and governments. JetBrains ...

AWS and Mission Cloud announce multiyear strategic collaboration agreement

Misson Cloud Service Inc., a managed services firm that works with Amazon Web Services Inc., today announced that it has entered into a multiyear strategic collaboration agreement with AWS. Founded in 2017, Mission Cloud offers AWS managed services and consulting, pitching itself as a “holistic partner” for businesses looking to migrate, manage, modernize and optimize their ...

JFrog adds machine learning management capabilities to streamline model security

Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today introduced machine learning model management capabilities designed to streamline the management and security of machine learning models. Currently in beta test mode, the new support adds additional capabilities to the JFrog Platform to bring machine learning model delivery in line with an organization’s existing DevOps practices and to accelerate and ...

Cybersecurity startup Deduce raises $9M for its generative AI Identity fraud solution

Cybersecurity startup Deduce Inc. today announced that it has raised $9 million in new funding to launch its generative AI identity fraud solution and help it scale up to prevent identity fraud across multiple industries. Founded in 2019, Deduce offers a platform designed to protect businesses and their customers from unauthorized account access, data leakage and ...