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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Ferrari denies being hacked after ransomware group publishes stolen documents

Italian vehicle manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. had denied claims it was a victim of hacking or ransomware after a well-known ransomware group claimed to have stolen data from the company. RansomEXX claimed on its dark web site earlier this week that it had targeted Ferrari and stolen almost 7 gigabytes of data. The group then released ...

European Parliament votes to compel USB-C charging on all portable devices

The European Parliament today overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new law that will compel manufacturers, including Apple Inc., to equip all portable electronics devices sold across the European Union with a USB-C charging port. The rule, which passed the European Parliament by a vote of 602-13 with eight abstentions, does not apply only to ...

Firmware and hardware security startup Eclypsium raises $25M

Firmware and hardware security startup Eclypsium Inc. today announced it has raised $25 million in new funding to expand its product capabilities and continue its supply chain security research. Ten Eleven Ventures led the Series B round, with KDDI Open Innovation Fund, J-Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Madrona Venture Group, Alumni Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Intel Capital, Mindset ...

Motive’s new AI Reefer Monitoring solution prevents unsafe temperature fluctuations

Fleet management software company Motive Technologies Inc. has expanded its offering in the food and beverage market with the launch today of a new artificial intelligence-driven Reefer Monitoring solution for refrigerated vehicles and trailers. Reefer monitoring — reefer refers to refrigerated containers — helps prevent unsafe temperature fluctuations for shipments of perishable goods, reducing the number ...

Tenable One unifies asset visibility and vulnerabilities for preventive security

Network security company Tenable Holdings Inc. today announced the release of Tenable One, a new platform that unifies asset visibility and associated vulnerabilities across the modern attack surface for preventive security. Tenable One is being pitched as a revolutionary exposure management platform that delivers context-driven risk analytics so security teams can move from reactive firefighting to prevention. Using the ...

EvolveWare adds Agile Business Rules Extraction to its software modernization platform

Software application maintenance and modernization company EvolveWare Inc. has today announced a new Agile solution for its Intellisys platform. EvolveWare Agile Business Rules Extraction uses intelligent automation to allow organizations to update business policies and modernize applications concurrently without having to freeze code during the process. The service allows enterprises and government agencies to make changes to ...

Report: Many board members believe their companies are unprepared for a cyberattack

A new report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint Inc. has found that nearly half of board members globally feel their companies are unprepared for a cyberattack. Based on a survey of C-suite executives done in connection with Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan or CAMS, the report found that 77% of board members agree that cybersecurity is a top ...

Kim Kardashian pays $1.26M fine for promoting dubious digital token

Celebrity Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay a $1.26 million fine for promoting a dubious digital token without disclosing the amount she was paid to promote it. Kardashian, who became famous thanks to her role in the series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” promoted EtherumMax, a crypto token built on top of the Ethereum network ...

New LogRhythm Axon offers cloud-native SecOps built from the ground up

Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced the launch of LogRhythm Axon, a new cloud-native security operations platform built from the ground up. Axon is pitched as a force multiplier for overwhelmed security teams. The company says it provides an intuitive way for security teams to achieve visibility across cloud and on-premises log sources, establishing a foundation for their ...

Intel-owned Mobileye files to go public at $30B valuation

Intel Corp.-owned self-driving vehicle technology company Mobileye Global Inc. is one step closer to going public, filing the paperwork for a listing on the Nasdaq with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday and announcing it Oct. 3. Intel announced in December that it planned to float Mobileye with a reported valuation north of $50 billion. ...