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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New JFrog-Datadog integration aims to streamline cloud migrations and log analysis

Software supply chain company JFrog Ltd. today announced a new integration with application monitoring and security platform provider Datadog Inc. that gives developers visibility into logs for JFrog-managed instances of Artifactory in the cloud. The integration sees JFrog SaaS Log Streamer integrating with Datadog to allow organizations to increase efficiency by enabling users to select and prioritize the most ...

Perception Point partners with Pax8 to provide AI-powered security solutions

Email and collaboration security startup Perception Point Inc. today announced a new partnership with cloud commerce marketplace provider Pax8 Inc. that will provide access to Perception Point’s advanced threat prevention solution to allow Pax8 partners to safeguard their customers. The partnership sees Perception Point providing Pax8 customers with threat protection covering email, Micorosft 365 collaboration apps such ...

Scale Ventures highlights widening resource gaps and funding challenges in cybersecurity

A new report out today from venture capital firm Scale Venture Partners details the challenges faced by chief information security officers and other senior security staff, ranging from security risks to funding problems, with some interesting takeaways on how resources are not keeping up with increasing cybersecurity demands. The Scale Ventures Cybersecurity Perspectives 2024 report ...

Immersive Labs warns generative AI bots are highly vulnerable to prompt injection attacks

A new report from cybersecurity training company Immersive Labs Inc. released today is warning of a dark side to generative artificial intelligence that allows people to trick chatbots into exposing company secrets. The “Dark Side of GenAI” report delves into the generative AI-related risk of a prompt injection attack. It involves individuals inputting specific instructions into generative ...

Australian startup SpatialAI raises $3.4M to advance AI in architecture and construction

New Australian generative artificial intelligence startup SpatialGPT.AI Pty. Ltd. has raised AU$5.1 million ($3.4 million) in seed funding to redefine spatial environments across the architecture, construction, education, healthcare and retail sectors. Announced today, the funding came from InnovateGPT Pty. Ltd., a company founded by George Stavrakakis and Rupert Walsh, both veteran Microsoft Australia employees. SpatialGPT’s ...

Palo Alto Networks posts strong earnings, but stock dips on disappointing forecast

Shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc. fell nearly 9% in late trading today after the network management and security firm reported beats in its fiscal third quarter but disappointed investors with its fourth-quarter forecast. For the quarter that ended on April 30, Palo Alto Networks reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.32, up from $1.10 ...

Google issues emergency Chrome update to patch critical new vulnerability

Google LLC has released a new emergency Chrome browser security update following the emergence of a new zero-day security vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4947, the zero-day vulnerability is a “type confusion bug” in V8 in Google Chrome prior to version 125.0.6422.60 that allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary ...

PolyAI raises $50M to enhance AI voice automation technology

Enterprise voice assistant startup PolyAI Ltd. today announced that it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand and enhance its artificial intelligence-powered voice automation technology, scale operations, innovate multilingual support, improve customer experiences and grow its market presence. Founded in 2017 as a spinoff from Cambridge University’s Machine Intelligence Lab, PolyAI offers a ...

Microsoft offers overseas transfers to China-based cloud and AI staff amid geopolitical tensions

Microsoft Corp. has reportedly asked hundreds of employees in its cloud-computing and artificial intelligence operations in mainland China to consider transferring outside of the country amid growing geopolitical tensions, but exactly how many staff may have been asked is uncertain. The story originally comes from The Wall Street Journal, which references people familiar with the ...

Open redirect vulnerabilities exploited in ‘cat-phishing’ attacks, HP warns

A new report released today by HP Inc. is warning that cybercriminals are using “cat-phishing” techniques to deceive victims by redirecting them to malicious websites through seemingly legitimate links. The finding came from the quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report, which shows that attackers are relying on open redirects, overdue invoice lures and Living-off-the-Land ...