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 Cybereason MDR Mobile App allows for remote response to security threats

Cybersecurity platform provider Cybereason Inc. today launched a new mobile app that allows customers to respond from their phone to potential cyber threats anywhere in the world. The Cybereason Managed Detection and Response Mobile App provides instant access to the Cybereason MDR Dashboard, allowing customers to address possible threats immediately and connect 24X7 with the Cybereason Global ...

CrowdStrike’s new AI-powered ‘Indicators of Attack’ offer enhanced visibility of cloud intrusions

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today introduced artificial intelligence-powered “Indicators of Attack,” a new innovation for fileless attack prevention at large scale that delivers enhanced visibility of stealthy cloud intrusions. The new service is available on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform and powered by the its Security Cloud. The new detection and response capabilities are said to stop emerging ...

Biden signs CHIPS act aimed at promoting chipmaking and scientific research

U.S. President Joe Biden today signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, a bipartisan bill aimed at promoting chipmaking and scientific research. The act, which Congress passed in August, includes more than $52.7 billion for U.S. companies that produce computer chips and billions in tax credits to encourage investment in chip manufacturing. The bill also provides $200 ...

Coinbase shares drop on another quarterly earnings miss

Shares in Coinbase Global Inc. dropped in late trading after the cryptocurrency exchange once again missed earnings estimates. For its second quarter ended June 30, Coinbase reported a loss of $4.98 per share, up from $3.45 in the same quarter last year. Revenue plunged 64%, to $808.3 million. Analysts had been expecting a loss of $2.65 ...

Email security and deliverability platform startup EasyDMARC raises $2.3M

Email security and deliverability platform startup EasyDMARC Inc. has raised $2.3 million in new funding for further product development and to expand its global market reach. The seed round was led by Acrobator Ventures and included Formula VC fund. Founded in 2018, EasyDMARC offers an all-in-one solution for securing domains and email infrastructure. The company’s platform ...

Updated Vendr platform harnesses SaaS purchasing, management products and industry data

Software-as-a-service buying platform startup Vendr Inc. today announced the launch of Vendr 2.0, an updated platform that harnesses SaaS purchasing, management products and industry data to deliver full end-to-end purchasing. Vendr says the new version of the platform is designed to equip enterprise customers with unprecedented visibility into which software their teams are buying and using — in one ...

New Lacework capabilities help uncover critical threats to infrastructure

Cloud security company Lacework Inc. today announced new capabilities that enable organizations to uncover more critical threats to their infrastructure. Designed to empower teams to collaborate more efficiently in alert investigation and response, the new automated time-series modeling has been added to the existing anomaly detection capabilities of Lacework’s Polygraph Data Platform. The new functions use automated learning ...

AI-powered SaaS data protection startup Spin Technology raises $16M

Artificial intelligence-powered software-as-a-service data protection startup Spin Technology Inc. has raised $16 million in new funding to accelerate growth, expand its SaaS coverage and increase its headcount. Blueprint Equity led the Series A round, with Santa Barbara Venture Partners and Blue Venture Investors also participating. Including the new funding, Spin Technology has raised $18 million to ...

Data integration startup Equalum raises $14M to support growth

Data integration startup Equalum Ltd. said today it has raised $14 million in new funding to support international growth, product development and demand from organizations developing new processes or transforming old ones in the cloud. The Series C round included Planven, United Ventures, Innovation Endeavours, Saints Capital and SpringTide Ventures. Including the new funding, Equalum has raised $39 ...

Bots used to drive rapid increase in pharmacy account theft

A new report today from researchers at bot mitigation company Kasada Pty. Ltd. details the rise of pharmacy account theft and how stolen accounts are being resold on the internet. Targeting pharmacy accounts, those used by people to obtain prescription medication and other controlled substances, isn’t that surprising but it is fairly new, at least ...