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 CodeOps methodology seeks to streamline application development through code reuse

Code reuse platform startup Crowdbotics Inc. today introduced CodeOps, a new methodology in software development that emphasizes systematic code reuse powered by artificial intelligence, aiming to establish it as a standard in the industry. This approach acts as a complement to DevSecOps and focuses on leveraging reusable code for commonly duplicated features and functionalities. Doing ...

ZeroFox launches external attack surface management service to fortify digital assets

Cybersecurity firm ZeroFox Inc. today announced a new external attack surface management solution that offers a single-vendor approach to discover and protect assets outside the permiter. Built on ZeroFox’s existing services, the new ZeroFox EASM combines digital risk protection and threat intelligence services with EASM to enable security teams to gain comprehensive visibility and control over their ...

Israeli cloud security startup Wiz reportedly in talks to raise $800M on $10B valuation

Israeli cloud security startup Wiz Inc. is reportedly in talks to raise $800 million in new funding on a valuation of $10 billion or more. The Financial Times was the first to report the news today, referencing “people familiar with the matter” saying that Wiz is in talks with investors, including Thrive Capital Partners LP, Light Speed Venture Partners LP ...

Asana shares drop despite beating revenue and earnings expectations

Shares in Asana Inc. fell more than 2% in late trading today after the work management software company reported earnings and revenue beats in its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter but fell short at the midpoint in its earnings outlook. For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, Asana reported an adjusted earnings per share loss of four ...

Aryaka’s new service merges security and network performance in a single platform

Secure access service edge provider Aryaka Networks Inc. today announced the launch of Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service, a new secure networking solution designed and built to deliver performance, agility, simplicity and security without tradeoffs. The new service combines Aryaka’s unified single-pass architecture, global private network backbone and security, observability and application performance capabilities in a ...

Nightfall AI targets modern enterprises with new data security solutions

Cloud data protection startup Nightfall AI today announced new capabilities for its generative artificial intelligence data loss prevention platform. The new features extend the service to cover software-as-a-service security posture management, data encryption, data exfiltration prevention and sensitive data protection. Essentially, they’re aimed at addressing the growing rate of data breaches. Nightfall AI argues that legacy data security solutions ...

PetSmart alerts customers to credential-stuffing attacks targeting user accounts

U.S. pet store company PetSmart Inc. is warning customers that an unidentified threat actor is trying to log into user accounts via a credential-stuffing attack. First reported by Dark Web Performer on X, formerly Twitter, an email sent to affected customers states that PetSmart’s internal security tools had seen an increase in “password guessing attacks” ...

Reach Security raises $20M to enhance AI-driven cybersecurity tools

Cybersecurity startup Reach Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $20 million in new funding to develop more artificial intelligence security features. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Garrett Hamilton and Colt Blackmore, cybersecurity veterans who worked at building detection and prevention products at companies that included Palo Alto Networks Inc., Proofpoint Inc. ...

Investors rally behind DocuSign after company exceeds earnings expectations

Shares in DocuSign Inc. jumped more than 10% in late trading today after the electronic signature company impressed investors with revenue and earnings beats in its fiscal fourth quarter and forecast a higher-than-expected outlook for the fiscal quarter and year ahead. For the quarter that ended on Jan. 31, DocuSign reported adjusted earnings per share of 76 ...

New open-source tool CloudGrappler aims to strengthen AWS and Azure security

Identity threat detection and response startup Permiso Security Inc. today announced the launch of a new open-source tool designed to help security teams quickly detect threat actors in their Microsoft Corp. Azure and Amazon Web Services Inc. environments. Called CloudGrappler, the new tool is built on the foundation of Cado Security Ltd.’s cloudgrep project to offer enhanced detection capabilities ...