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

Following preview in December, Amazon EC2 M1 Mac instances now generally available

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 M1 Mac instances, dedicated Mac mini computers attached through Thunderbolt to the AWS Nitro System, its computing virtualization platform. The new instances allow the Mac mini to appear and behave …

Update: Elon Musk says he’s terminating his Twitter acquisition

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Updated: Elon Musk today sent a letter to Twitter Inc.’s chief legal officer saying he intends to pull out of his $44 billion deal to buy the company, but the microblogging company says it plans to enforce the deal in court if …

Pitchbook: VC deals still thriving despite values dropping in second quarter

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The number of venture capital deals has continued to thrive in the first half of the year but the value of deals has dropped, according to a first-look release early Thursday from PitchBook-NVCA ahead of its quarterly Venture Monitor report next week. PitchBook-NVCA says the …

California college with 12,500 students knocked offline in cyberattack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

A community college with 12,500 students in California has been hit by a cyberattack that took down online services and phone lines. The attack, targeting the College of the Desert, took place on July 4. The specific form of the attack was …

North Korean hackers targeting healthcare sector with Maui ransomware

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The U.S. government is warning healthcare and public health care organizations to be on alert for attacks by North Korean state-sponsored hackers using Maui ransomware to target the sector. The alert, issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure …

New Apple feature protects system functions from highly targeted cyberattacks

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. today previewed a new security feature that automatically locks down system functionality that could be hijacked in “highly targeted cyberattacks.” Called Lockdown Mode, the feature, described by Apple as a “groundbreaking security capability,” offers specialized protection to users who may …

For the second time this year, Marriott has suffered a data breach

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Marriott International Inc. has suffered yet another data breach, the second time the hotel chain has had data stolen this year. First reported today by DataBreaches.net, an unnamed hacking group claimed to have stolen roughly 20 gigabytes of data. The data, including credit …

Supply chain attack uses malicious NPM packages to steal data

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Researchers have discovered a supply chain attack that uses packages hosted on the Node Package Manager, the manager for the Node.js JavaScript platform. Detailed today by Reverse Engineer Karlo Zanki at Reversing Labs Inc., the software supply chain attack involves more than two …

Cryptocurrency lender Nexo signs term sheet to acquire distressed rival Vauld

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Cryptocurrency lending provider Nexo has signed a term sheet to acquire rival lending firm Vauld, two days after Vauld suspended services amid financial challenges. The indicative or nonbinding term sheet grants Nexo a 60-day exclusive exploratory period related to the intended acquisition …

Four encryption tools chosen to protect against quantum computer attacks

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today said it has chosen four encryption tools designed to protect against quantum computer attacks for a planned post-quantum cryptographic standard. Of the four chosen tools, one — CRYSTAL-Kiber — offers …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Update: Elon Musk says he’s terminating his Twitter acquisition

Pitchbook: VC deals still thriving despite values dropping in second quarter

California college with 12,500 students knocked offline in cyberattack

North Korean hackers targeting healthcare sector with Maui ransomware

New Apple feature protects system functions from highly targeted cyberattacks

For the second time this year, Marriott has suffered a data breach

Supply chain attack uses malicious NPM packages to steal data

Cryptocurrency lender Nexo signs term sheet to acquire distressed rival Vauld

Four encryption tools chosen to protect against quantum computer attacks

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