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

Latest from Duncan Riley

Backups and encryption key stolen from LastPass parent company GoTo

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

GoTo Technologies USA Inc., the parent company of password manager LastPass US LP, advised customers today that hackers have obtained encrypted backups and an encryption key to access some of them. In a blog post to customers, GoTo said an investigation into …

New wave of attacks use known vulnerabilities to target Microsoft Exchange

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Researchers at S.C. Bitdefender SRL today warned of a new wave of attacks using known vulnerabilities to target Microsoft Exchange. The researchers started to notice an increase in attacks using ProxyNotShell/OWASSRF exploits to target on-premises Microsoft Exchange deployments at the end of November. The Server-Side …

Next Pathway SHIFT Cloud assists customers moving legacy workloads to the cloud

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Automated cloud migration company Next Pathway Inc. today announced new code translation software designed to assist customers in moving legacy workloads from data warehouses and data lakes to the cloud. Designed for intelligent and automated cloud migrations, Next Pathway’s SHIFT Cloud allows customers to upload, …

Organizations found to be unprepared to handle cyber warfare amid growing geopolitical tensions

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

A new report today from asset visibility and security company Armis Inc. finds that organizations are unprepared to handle cyberwarfare amid growing global geopolitical tensions. Cyber warfare has long been warned of but came to the fore last year following Russia’s invasion of …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

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 ($1.3 billion). Founded in 2009, Magnet Forensics develops …

Samsung patches vulnerabilities that exposed Galaxy Store to attackers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

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. Detailed Jan. 20 by researchers at NCC Group plc, …

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

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

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 new product will allow shoppers to purchase goods …

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

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

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 Europe. 5Y Capital led the round, with Foxit …

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

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

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 two-dimensional web content into shared virtual spaces, similar …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

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 Daily Dot, the exposure of the database was …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Backups and encryption key stolen from LastPass parent company GoTo

New wave of attacks use known vulnerabilities to target Microsoft Exchange

Next Pathway SHIFT Cloud assists customers moving legacy workloads to the cloud

Organizations found to be unprepared to handle cyber warfare amid growing geopolitical tensions

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

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