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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Cloudflare Atlassian server hacked by suspected nation-state attacker

Cloudflare Inc. disclosed today that one of its internal Atlassian servers was hacked by a suspected nation-state attacker in November and provided details of what occurred so others know the risks. The hack in question was detected on Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., with Cloudflare’s security team immediately cutting off the threat actor’s ...

OpenText impresses with strong revenue growth driven by increased bookings

Shares in OpenText Corp. rose slightly in late trading today after the enterprise software provider reported better-than-expected earnings in its fiscal second quarter. For the quarter that ended Dec. 31, OpenText reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.24, up from 89 cents in the same quarter of the previous year, on revenue of $1.535 billion, up ...

Despite solid figures, Atlassian shares fall on widening quarterly loss

Shares in Atlassian Corp. fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading today after the Australian collaboration software company reported a widening loss in its latest quarter. For its fiscal second quarter that ended Dec. 31, Atlassian reported a net loss of $84.5 million, down from $205 million in the same quarter last year but worse than ...

AI-powered data security and privacy automation startup LightBeam.ai raises $17.8M

Artificial intelligence-powered zero-trust data security and privacy automation startup LightBeam.ai Inc. today announced that it has raised $17.8 million in new funding to expand its go-to-market initiatives and continue investing in its platform. Founded in 2020, LightBeam offers a platform aimed at streamlining and converging data security, privacy and governance. It’s designed to assist businesses ...

New AI service from Secureworks promises to reduce security analyst workloads by over 50%

Cybersecurity company Secureworks Inc. today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence-powered service designed to help security analysts become more confident in prioritizing and responding to alerts that pose the greatest risks. Called Threat Score, the new service reduces security analyst workloads by over 50% by assisting them in assessing the risk of an alert ...

Cognizant introduces Flowsource, a new generative AI platform for software engineering

Information technology services company Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. today announced a new generative artificial intelligence platform called Flowsource designed to power modern engineering. Cognizant Flowsource integrates with all stages of the software development lifecycle and incorporates digital assets and tools to help cross-functional engineering teams deliver high-quality code faster, with increased control and transparency. The generative ...

Israeli non-human identity management startup Oasis Security raises $40M

Israeli non-human identity management startup Oasis Security Ltd. announced today that it has raised $40 million in new funding to increase its headcount and to continue developing product capabilities. Founded by Danny Brickman and Ami Timarman, both previous members of Israeli Intelligence Unit 81, Oasis Security offers a platform for managing non-human identities, such as service accounts, ...

Incognia raises $31M for expansion of digital identity solutions

Digital identity solutions startup Incognia announced today that it has raised $31 million in new funding to support platform development and expand into new vertical industries, including consumer internet, financial services and e-commerce. Founded in 2014, Icognia offers digital identity solutions that deliver user verification and account security across the digital journey. The company’s tech combines device ...

Protect AI acquires Laiyer AI to strengthen large language model security

Artificial intelligence and machine learning cybersecurity company Protect AI Inc. today announced that it has acquired artificial intelligence security startup Laiyer AI for an undisclosed sum. Layier AI’s core product, LLM Guard, is designed to provide security for large language models such as OpenAI LP’s GPT-4 for various security threats, misuse and attacks. LLM Guard protects against ...

Dynatrace expands security capabilities with acquisition of Runecast

Software intelligence platform provider Dynatrace Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence-powered security and compliance solutions startup Runecast Solutions Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014, Runecast offers an AI-powered platform for security compliance, vulnerability assessment and configuration management in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The platform provides continuous compliance monitoring, ...