Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Despite AI hype, venture capital funding declined again in the second quarter

By Duncan Riley Jul 5, 2023

Despite the ongoing hype and investment into generative artificial intelligence startups, venture capital funding fell again in the second quarter, according to a new report today from Crunchbase Inc. VC funding fell 18% in the…

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Game on: Meta takes on Twitter with new Instagram Threads – and Twitter threatens to sue

By Duncan Riley Jul 5, 2023

Meta Platforms Inc. today launched Threads, a microblogging and messaging app linked to Instagram that’s set to take on the increasingly troubled Elon Musk-owned Twitter Inc. Threads is being pitched as “Instagram’s text-based conversation…

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Russian-linked LockBit ransomware gang cripples Japanese port in latest attack

By Duncan Riley Jul 5, 2023

The infamous Russian-linked ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Japanese port that has temporarily crippled operations. The ransomware attack targeted the Nagoya Port Unified Terminal System, the controlling body of…

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ImmuniWeb offers free email security testing amid rising cyberthreats

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2023

Application security company ImmuniWeb SA today released a new email security test as a part of its free Community Edition to address a surge in phishing and other email-based cyberattacks. The service seeks to counter the growing sophistication of…

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OpenAI suspends ChatGPT browsing feature over alleged paywall bypass concerns

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2023

OpenAI LP, the company behind the wildly successful ChatGPT, has suspended a browsing feature in the generative artificial intelligence chatbot that allowed paying users to obtain search results through Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine,…

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Researchers warn unpatched Fortinet firewalls are exposed to critical vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Jul 3, 2023

Security researchers at Bishop Fox LLC Friday issued a warning that hundreds of thousands of Fortinet Inc. firewalls remain vulnerable to attack because they weren’t patched following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in June.…

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As Twitter’s woes continue, Meta looks set to launch a new competitor called Threads

By Duncan Riley Jul 3, 2023

As ongoing issues at Twitter Inc. continued into today, rival social media company Meta Platforms Inc. looks set to launch an alternative service called “Threads” that could finally provide competition to Elon Musk’s increasingly…

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Elon Musk blames AI scraping for Twitter problems

By Duncan Riley Jul 2, 2023

Ongoing issues over the last few days at Twitter Inc., including the introduction of usage limits, have been blamed by owner Elon Musk as a response to artificial intelligence data scraping. The latest issue…

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Cybersecurity company INKY sheds light on emerging QR code phishing threats

By Duncan Riley Jun 30, 2023

A new report from cybersecurity company Inky Technology Corp. released today highlights the emerging threat of Quick Response code phishing and the novel techniques cybercriminals employ to bypass traditional security measures. QR codes were once…

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VMware researchers issue alert on rising 8Base ransomware activity

By Duncan Riley Jun 29, 2023

Researchers at VMware Inc. issued a warning Wednesday about a relatively unknown form of ransomware that has seen a massive spike in activity over the northern summer this year. First detected in March 2022, the 8Base…

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Despite AI hype, venture capital funding declined again in the second quarter

Game on: Meta takes on Twitter with new Instagram Threads – and Twitter threatens to sue

Russian-linked LockBit ransomware gang cripples Japanese port in latest attack

ImmuniWeb offers free email security testing amid rising cyberthreats

OpenAI suspends ChatGPT browsing feature over alleged paywall bypass concerns

Researchers warn unpatched Fortinet firewalls are exposed to critical vulnerability

As Twitter’s woes continue, Meta looks set to launch a new competitor called Threads

Elon Musk blames AI scraping for Twitter problems

Cybersecurity company INKY sheds light on emerging QR code phishing threats

VMware researchers issue alert on rising 8Base ransomware activity

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