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

Elon Musk reportedly orders broad layoffs at Twitter

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk is reported to have ordered broad layoffs at the online news and social networking site, The Wall Street Journal reported today. Coming into the acquisition of the company Thursday by Musk (pictured), reports suggested the job cuts could be as …

Symantec researchers find new hacking tools used in stealthy ‘Cranefly’ campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

A new research paper released today by Symantec, a division of Broadcom Inc., details previously unknown tools and techniques used in a stealthy campaign by a suspected threat actor. A dropper called Trojan.Geppei is being used by a threat actor Symantec has dubbed “Cranefly” …

White House expands industrial control system security Initiative to chemical sector

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The White House has added the chemical industry to the administration’s Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative, which was launched in July 2021 following the attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. earlier the same year. The expansion to chemical companies, the majority privately owned, …

Thomson Reuters exposes 3TB+ of sensitive data on unsecured ElasticSearch database

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Media conglomerate Thomson Reuters Corp. has been found to have exposed more than 3 terabytes of sensitive customer and corporate data, the latest company to fail in applying basic security to its hosting solutions. Discovered by researchers at Cybernews and announced today, …

Check Point shares rise on solid earnings and revenue beats

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. shares rose strongly in regular trading today after the cybersecurity company reported solid earnings and revenue beats in the third quarter. For the quarter that ended Sept. 30, Check Point reported a profit before costs such as …

Attackers are sending fake scanner notifications with malicious attachments

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

When most people think about cyberattacks, they might think of phishing emails or hackers targeting company servers, but a new report explores how attackers are now targeting scanner notifications. Detailed today by Jeremy Fuchs, a researcher at cloud email and collaboration security …

Ford- and VW-backed self-driving car startup Argo AI shutting down

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Argo AI LLC, a self-driving car startup backed by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG that had raised $3.6 billion in funding, is shutting down, and its parts are being absorbed by both Ford and VW. TechCrunch reported that employees were told of …

Seagate to cut 3,000 employees amid economic uncertainty and reduced demand

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC, the world’s largest maker of hard drives, today announced it’s laying off 8% of its workforce, about 3,000 employees, amid economic uncertainty and declining demand for its products. CNBC reported that the restructuring plans were announced after Seagate reported …

SlashNext report finds phishing attacks have risen 61% this year

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

A new report today from phishing protection company SlashNext Inc. finds a significant increase in phishing attacks over the first six months of 2022 amid deepening cybercriminal activity and global issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Based on an analysis …

Israeli cybersecurity startup Valence raises $25M to secure SaaS from risk

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Israeli cybersecurity startup Valence Security Inc. announced today that it has raised $25 million in new funding to help customers secure their software-as-a-service meshes from risk. Microsoft Corp.’s M12 venture fund led the Series A round with YL Ventures, Porsche Ventures, Akamai Technologies Inc., …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Elon Musk reportedly orders broad layoffs at Twitter

Symantec researchers find new hacking tools used in stealthy ‘Cranefly’ campaign

White House expands industrial control system security Initiative to chemical sector

Thomson Reuters exposes 3TB+ of sensitive data on unsecured ElasticSearch database

Check Point shares rise on solid earnings and revenue beats

Attackers are sending fake scanner notifications with malicious attachments

Ford- and VW-backed self-driving car startup Argo AI shutting down

Seagate to cut 3,000 employees amid economic uncertainty and reduced demand

SlashNext report finds phishing attacks have risen 61% this year

Israeli cybersecurity startup Valence raises $25M to secure SaaS from risk

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