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

Managed cybersecurity startup Huntress raises $40M in debt financing

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Managed cybersecurity platform startup Huntress Labs Inc. said today it has raised $40 million in debt financing from CIBC Innovation Banking to pursue merger and acquisition opportunities, research, product development and expansion into international markets. Founded in 2015, Huntress offers a cybersecurity platform with …

Onapsis launches threat intel center to enhance business-critical app security

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity and compliance solution startup Onapsis Inc. today launched a dedicated threat intelligence center to enhance business-critical application security. The Onapsis Research Labs Threat Intel Center connects the Onapsis Threat Intelligence Cloud, a global network of sensors and applications that capture exploit activity …

Los Angeles Unified School District struck by ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the U.S., has been struck by a ransomware attack that disrupted services. The attack, first described by LAUSD as technical issues until later disclosed as a ransomware attack, struck the …

Meta to launch new mixed reality headset at virtual event Oct. 11

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Meta Platforms Inc. has scheduled an event for Oct. 11 where it’s expected to debut its next-generation mixed reality headset. The Meta Connect 2022 event will be held virtually. The site for the event says attendees can “discover how the metaverse is …

TikTok denies breach after hacker claims to have user data and source code

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

TikTok has denied a claim that it had been breached after a hacker on a popular hacking forum claimed to have obtained both user data and source code from the popular service. A hacker going by the name of “AgainstTheWest” claimed to …

Cryptocurrency mining pool provider Poolin suspends withdrawals, citing liquidity issues

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Cryptocurrency mining pool provider Poolin has suspended withdrawals from its cryptocurrency wallet service in a possible sign of serious trouble at the company. Founded in 2017, Poolin offers a multi-cryptocurrency mining pool, custodial wallet, block explorer and transaction accelerator. The company is …

FTC reportedly starts review of Amazon’s $1.7B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun a review into Amazon.com Inc.’s $1.7 billion planned acquisition of iRobot Corp., the company behind the Roomba brand of robot vacuum cleaners, Politico reported late Friday. The deal, announced Aug. 5, would see Amazon acquire …

Cloudflare blocks controversial forum Kiwi Farms in response to harassment campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. has blocked the controversial forum Kiwi Farms after forum members undertook a harassment campaign against a transgender YouTube streamer. Kiwi Farms was initially founded as CWC Wiki in 2009 by a former 8chan moderator to troll …

Three-quarters of mobile applications found to contain valid AWS access tokens

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

A disturbing new report finds that three-quarters of mobile applications analyzed contained valid Amazon Web Services Inc. access tokens that allowed access to private AWS cloud services. The findings were detailed today by Kevin Watkins, a security researcher on Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team. …

Smartsheet reports earnings beat, acquires digital asset management platform Outfit

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Work management platform provider Smartsheet Inc. today delivered an earning beat in its latest quarterly earnings report today and also announced that it has acquired digital asset management platform startup Outfit Inc. For its second quarter ended July 31, Smartsheet reported a loss before …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Managed cybersecurity startup Huntress raises $40M in debt financing

Onapsis launches threat intel center to enhance business-critical app security

Los Angeles Unified School District struck by ransomware attack

Meta to launch new mixed reality headset at virtual event Oct. 11

TikTok denies breach after hacker claims to have user data and source code

Cryptocurrency mining pool provider Poolin suspends withdrawals, citing liquidity issues

FTC reportedly starts review of Amazon’s $1.7B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot

Cloudflare blocks controversial forum Kiwi Farms in response to harassment campaign

Three-quarters of mobile applications found to contain valid AWS access tokens

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