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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Noname Security integrates with Swimlane, Tines and Palo Alto Networks for enhanced API security

Enterprise application programming security startup Noname Security today announced integrations with leading security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, platform providers Swimlane Inc., Tines Inc. and Palo Alto Networks Inc. The idea is to allow joint customers to automate and streamline their security incident response processes for application programming interfaces. The integration has been designed to enhance threat ...

Third quarter sees a surge in cybersecurity funding: $1.2B across 70 deals

In a sign of growing confidence in the cybersecurity business, investments in cyber companies rebounded in the third quarter, according to a new report today from DataTribe Inc. For the quarter, a solid $1.2 billion was invested in cybersecurity companies across 70 deals, up from $790 million in 57 deals in the second quarter. The improved ...

Back-office stack for startups company Every launches with $9.5M in funding

Every Inc., which provides a back-office stack for startups, launched today by announcing it has raised $9.5 million in funding for developing and expanding its platform, enhancing its artificial intelligence capabilities and scaling up its customer base and team. Founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneur Rajeev Behera, founder and former chief executive of software company Reflektive Inc., ...

Google reveals details of Zimbra vulnerability used to target government organizations

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group today revealed details of how it identified and responded to a new exploit in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite that was used to target international government organizations. Tracked as CVE-2023-37580, the so-called zero-day vulnerability was first detected in June 2023 when Google TAG noticed it being actively exploited in targeted attacks against Zimbra’s ...

Glencoco launches with $3M in funding to connect businesses with sales experts

Business-to-business marketplace startup Glencoco Inc. today launched to announce that it has raised $3 million in new funding for platform and infrastructure development, service expansion and artificial intelligence augmentation. The company was founded in 2022 by Ingwon Chae, the former head of growth at cloud security startup Wiz Inc., and Jason Bao, previously a senior software engineer at ...

IONIX launches Threat Exposure Radar to strengthen attack surface visibility

Israeli attack surface management startup IONIX Inc. today announced the launch of Threat Exposure Radar, a threat management capability integrated with its attack surface management solution. Threat Exposure Radar offers a unified view of critical exposures across the entire enterprise attack surface, including cloud, on-premises, software-as-a-service and third-party systems. The capability allows security teams to visualize ...

Report finds surge in new multipoint extortion ransomware groups

A new report released today by cybersecurity company WithSecure Oyj is warning of a surge in the emergence of new multipoint extortion ransomware groups in the first three quarters of 2023. Multipoint ransomware groups, sometimes called double-tap or double-extortion groups, are ransomware operators that use multiple methods to pressure victims into paying a ransom to regain control of ...

Cloud Security Alliance launches industry-first ‘Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust’

The Cloud Security Alliance today announced the launch of the Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust, an authoritative zero-trust training and credential program claimed to be a first in the cybersecurity industry. The CCZT offers an in-depth understanding of zero-trust architecture, its components and its functioning. The course includes foundational zero-trust best practices released by sources ...

Automated data governance and security startup ALTR raises $25M

Automated data governance and security startup ALTR Solutions Inc. today announced that it has raised $25 million in new funding to bolster its market position in the cloud data access governance and security market, fast-track go-to-market strategies, grow partner integrations and develop channel relations. Founded in 2017, ALTR pitches itself as a single source for data ...

Tanium’s new AI service aims to streamline cybersecurity operations and endpoint management

Cybersecurity software provider Tanium Inc. today announced the launch of Tanium AI and new features in autonomous endpoint management service to drive operational efficiency and faster risk mitigation through automation. Announced at Tanium’s annual Converge Conference, the new features and artificial intelligence service bring together preconfigured playbooks, seamless platform integrations, AI-driven insights, workflows and remediation for improved ...