Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Kitchenware maker Meyer hacked by Conti ransomware gang

By Duncan Riley Feb 21, 2022

Kitchenware maker Meyer Corp. U.S. has disclosed that employee data was stolen in a ransomware attack that targeted the company in October. In a data breach notification filed with the Office of the Maine…

Blockchain

Jambo raises $7.5M to build web3 ‘superapp’ of Africa

By Duncan Riley Feb 21, 2022

African web3 startup Jambo announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in new funding to build out its pioneering web3 “superapp” of Africa. Investors in the seed round included Delphi Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, 3 Arrows…

Security

New Android ‘Xenomorph’ banking malware targets European banks

By Duncan Riley Feb 21, 2022

A newly detailed form of Android banking malware has been found to be targeting 56 different European banks. Discovered by researchers at ThreatFabric and revealed today, the banking trojan has been dubbed “Xenomorph” because…

Blockchain

Hundreds on NFTs stolen in phishing attack targeting OpenSea users

By Duncan Riley Feb 20, 2022

Hundreds of nonfungible tokens have been stolen from NFT marketplace OpenSea with a value of at least $1.7 million. The theft took place between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. EST on Saturday and involved 32 users.…

Blockchain

Circle signs new SPAC merger deal on a valuation of $9B

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2022

Cryptocurrency and blockchain services provider Circle Internet Financial Inc. today announced that it will now go public via a special-purpose acquisition company in a new deal that values it at $9 billion. Circle announced in…

Blockchain

Justice Department appoints cryptocurrency crime head, announces new FBI crypto unit

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2022

The U.S. Department of Justice has appointed its first head of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is establishing a new Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit. The first appointed…

Security

Cybersecurity concerns cited as the biggest impediment to cloud adoption

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2022

A new report from Confluera Inc. has found that information technology leaders cited cybersecurity concerns as the biggest impediment to cloud and multicloud adoption. The 2022 Cloud Cybersecurity Survey Report polled 200 U.S. IT…

Cloud

No-code workflow automation startup Bardeen launches with $3.5M in funding

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2022

No-code workflow automation startup Bardeen Inc. today launched out of stealth mode, announcing it has raised $3.5 million in a seed round that included 468 Capital and FirstMark Capital as investors. Founded in 2020, Bardeen offers…

Security

Apache Cassandra vulnerability has the potential to ‘wreak havoc’

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2022

A new remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Cassandra has the potential to “wreak havoc” on systems used by large companies. Cassandra is a free, open-source, distributed NoSQL database management system that handles large…

Security

US government warns Russian hackers are targeting defense contractors

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2022

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency today issued an alert that Russian state-sponsored hackers are actively targeting defense contractor…

Duncan Riley

Kitchenware maker Meyer hacked by Conti ransomware gang

Jambo raises $7.5M to build web3 ‘superapp’ of Africa

New Android ‘Xenomorph’ banking malware targets European banks

Hundreds on NFTs stolen in phishing attack targeting OpenSea users

Circle signs new SPAC merger deal on a valuation of $9B

Justice Department appoints cryptocurrency crime head, announces new FBI crypto unit

Apache Cassandra vulnerability has the potential to ‘wreak havoc’

US government warns Russian hackers are targeting defense contractors

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