Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Thoma Bravo snaps up digital forensic software firm Magnet Forensics for $1.3B

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2023

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is forging ahead with its security-related company buying spree, entering into an agreement to acquire publicly listed Canadian digital forensic software firm Magnet Forensics Inc. for CAD $1.8 billion…

Security

Samsung patches vulnerabilities that exposed Galaxy Store to attackers

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has patched vulnerabilities in its Galaxy Store app that could have allowed bad actors to install any app on a targeted mobile device without the device owner’s knowledge or consent.…

Emerging Tech

Big banks reportedly working on digital wallet to take on Apple and PayPal

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2023

Seven of the largest banks in the U.S. are reportedly working on a digital wallet that will compete with services from PayPal Holdings Inc. and Apple Inc. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the…

Cloud

Digital asset and project management startup Share Creators raises $5M

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2023

Digital asset and project management tools startup Share Creators Inc. announced today that it has raised $5 million in new funding to grow its customer base and expand its presence in the U.S. and…

Emerging Tech

AltspaceVR to close amid layoffs at Microsoft’s mixed reality division

By Duncan Riley Jan 22, 2023

AltspaceVR, a virtual reality social platform acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2017, is shutting down as part broad restructuring that saw Microsoft announce last week that it’s laying off 10,000 employees. Founded in 2013, AltspaceVR brings…

Security

Hacker finds copy of TSA no-fly list on exposed cloud storage

By Duncan Riley Jan 22, 2023

A copy of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s “no-fly list” has been found by a Swiss hacker exposed on the open internet in yet another case of misconfigured cloud storage. First reported by The…

Apps

Twitter changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2023

Days after cutting off outside services from accessing its application programming interface, Twitter Inc. today updated its developer agreement to ban third-party Twitter clients officially. Third-party services that rely on the Twitter API for access…

Security

Hat trick: Mailchimp hacked for the third time in one year

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2023

Email marketing platform Mailchimp, owned by Intuit Inc. since September 2021, has achieved the dubious honor of a cybersecurity fail hat trick: It has been hacked for the third time in the space of a…

Security

35,000 PayPal customers affected in credential-stuffing attack

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2023

PayPal Holdings Inc. has disclosed a data breach that involved the theft of information from 35,000 customers in a credential-stuffing attack. In a filing Wednesday with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, PayPal said…

Security

T-Mobile hacked yet again as 37 million customer records stolen

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2023

T-Mobile US Inc. has disclosed yet-another data breach, with the latest breach compromising data belonging to 37 million customers. In a filing today with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission, T-Mobile said a bad actor…

Duncan Riley

Thoma Bravo snaps up digital forensic software firm Magnet Forensics for $1.3B

Samsung patches vulnerabilities that exposed Galaxy Store to attackers

Big banks reportedly working on digital wallet to take on Apple and PayPal

AltspaceVR to close amid layoffs at Microsoft’s mixed reality division

Hacker finds copy of TSA no-fly list on exposed cloud storage

Twitter changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients

35,000 PayPal customers affected in credential-stuffing attack

T-Mobile hacked yet again as 37 million customer records stolen

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