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

Verica joins with Prowler to make AWS security simpler for customers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Continuous verification company Verica Inc. today joined with open-source Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud security tool Prowler to offer a new enterprise-focused paid version of Prowler. Prowler is a security tool that assesses AWS accounts to ensure they follow best AWS security practices. …

Quali’s enhanced Torque platform speeds app development and delivery

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Cloud and DevOps infrastructure automation startup Quali Systems Ltd. today announced the release of enhanced control plane features for its Torque platform. Quali’s Torque platform is designed to speed app development and delivery through cloud automation. The enhancements enable DevOps professionals to orchestrate and secure …

Zendesk reportedly hires advisory firm to explore potential sale

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Customer service and sales software provider Zendesk Inc. has reportedly hired an advisory firm to explore a potential sale, some two months after rejecting a private equity takeover. Bloomberg, referencing people familiar with the matter, today reported that Zendesk has hired Qatalyst Partners to …

French music streaming company Deezer to go public in $1.13B SPAC deal

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

French music streaming company Deezer S.A. is set to go public via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company in a $1.13 billion deal. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the SPAC deal will see Deezer merge with Paris-listed I2PO SA. The …

Andreessen Horowitz launches ‘a16z START’ startup accelerator

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz today launched a16z START, a startup accelerator for early-stage companies. Startup accelerators are organizations that offer membership, capital and connections to investors and business partners, with Y Combinator perhaps the best known. A16z START aims to do …

Home automation company Insteon reportedly goes out of business

IOT By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Insteon, a home automation company owned by Smartlabs Inc., has reportedly gone out of business after users reported that their connected devices stopped working last week. There has been no official word from the company that it has ceased operating and as …

$182 million stolen from stablecoin provider Beanstalk Farms in ‘flash loan’ attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Credit-based stablecoin provider Beanstalk Farms has been hacked, with about $182 million in cryptocurrency stolen. Those behind the attack used a “flash loan” attack to access the Beanstalk network. A flash loan attack is a type of decentralized finance attack where a …

Critical vulnerability in popular WordPress plugin exposes millions of sites to hacking

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

A critical vulnerability in a highly popular WordPress plugin has exposed millions of websites to hacking. Discovered by researchers at Plugin Vulnerabilities and detailed April 12, the vulnerability was found in Elementor, a WordPress plugin that allows users to build websites with …

Microservices platform provider greymatter.io raises $7.1M to fuel global growth

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

Microservices platform provider greymatter.io announced today it has raised $7.1 million in new funding to fuel global growth as demand intensifies for its platform. Elsewhere Partners led the Series A round. Founded in 2015, greymatter.io offers a microservices platform that uses service mesh and application programming interface …

North Korean hacking group Lazarus linked to $615M Ronin Network theft

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY4 YEARS AGO

The infamous North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus has been linked to the hack of the Ronin Network, the blockchain underlying the popular “Axie Infinity” game, that resulted in the theft of $615 million in cryptocurrency in March. The link was discovered …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

French music streaming company Deezer to go public in $1.13B SPAC deal

Andreessen Horowitz launches ‘a16z START’ startup accelerator

Home automation company Insteon reportedly goes out of business

$182 million stolen from stablecoin provider Beanstalk Farms in ‘flash loan’ attack

Critical vulnerability in popular WordPress plugin exposes millions of sites to hacking

Microservices platform provider greymatter.io raises $7.1M to fuel global growth

North Korean hacking group Lazarus linked to $615M Ronin Network theft

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