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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Druva’s new data resiliency guarantee offers up to $10M in coverage

Cybersecurity resiliency cloud provider Druva Inc. today announced a new data resiliency guarantee that provides up to $10 million in coverage and guarantees the security, immutability and availability of customers’ data. The guarantee, backed by the Druva Data Resiliency Cloud, is said to be made possible by Druva’s leading software-as-a-service data protection solution and service-level agreements or SLAs. With ...

Freshworks shares rise on solid earnings beat

Shares in customer service and support software firm Freshworks Inc. rose after the company topped estimates in its latest quarter. For its second quarter ended June 30, Freshworks reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of six cents per share, compared with a loss of eight cents per share in the same quarter of last year. ...

SolarWinds shares slump on revised full-year outlook

Shares in SolarWinds Corp. slumped in regular trading today after the information technology management software company reduced its full-year outlook. For its second quarter ended June 30, SolarWinds reported adjusted earnings per share of 21 cents on revenue of $176 million. Analysts had expected 20 cents a share on revenue of $175.53 million. Net loss in ...

Busy day for Robinhood: mixed earnings, staff layoffs and a $30M regulatory fine

Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. were flat in late trading on a busy day that saw the company deliver mixed financial results, announce the layoffs of 23% of its staff and get fined $30 million for regulatory violations in New York. For the quarter ended June 30, Robinhood reported a loss before costs such as ...

PayPal shares surge on earnings beat, Elliott Management investment

Shares in PayPal Holdings Inc. surged in late trading after the financial services firm delivered stronger-than-expected second-quarter results and confirmed Elliott Management Corp. as an investor. For its second quarter ending June 30, PayPal reported a profit before costs such as stock compensationof 93 cents a share, down 19% from the same quarter of last ...

Traceable AI adds eBPF data for increased API observability and visibility

Application programming interface security startup Traceable Inc. today announced the addition of extended Berkeley Packet Filter data to its platform. EBPF is a technology with its origins in the Linux kernel that can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel. The technology is used to extend the kernel’s capability safely and efficiently without the requirement to ...

Investment in early-stage cybersecurity startups slows in second quarter

A new report finds that venture capital investment in early-stage cybersecurity startups slowed in the second quarter amid ongoing macroeconomic headwinds that include 40-year high inflation and increasing interest rates. The DataTribe Insights Q2 report found that despite increasing demand for cybersecurity services, particularly amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, early-stage cybersecurity deal volume decreased ...

Researchers find 3,000+ mobile apps exposing Twitter API keys

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered more than 3,000 mobile apps exposing Twitter Inc. application programming interface keys that can be used to gain access to or take over Twitter accounts. Detailed today by security firm CloudSEK, 3,207 apps were found to be leaking valid Consumer Key and Consumer Secret keys. Some 230 apps, some of which are ...

Phishing attack results in data breach at Pittsburgh-based health system

A Pittsburgh-based health system has suffered a data breach with protected health information stolen. Described by the Allegheny Health Network as a “data security incident,” the data was compromised between May 31 and June 1. In a July 29 statement to patients, the health system said the compromise occurred after an employee was sent a malicious ...

Serenity EHS raises $5M to expand workflow offerings on ServiceNow

Environmental, health, safety and sustainability software company Serenity EHS Inc. has raised $5 million in new funding to expand its operational workflow product offerings on the ServiceNow Inc. platform. Base 10 Partners led the seed round, which was announced today. Including the new funding, Serenity EHS has raised $5.7 million to date, according to Crunchbase. Founded ...