Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Biometric user authentication startup Passage launches with $4M in funding

By Duncan Riley Feb 1, 2022

Biometric user authentication startup Passage today launched out of stealth mode and announced that it has raised $4 million in new funding to help introduce its product to more developers. The round was led…

Security

TPG changes access management firm ThycoticCentrify’s name to Delinea

By Duncan Riley Feb 1, 2022

Privileged access management company ThycoticCentrify has dispensed with its awkward moniker, as owner TPG Capital today renamed it Delinea Inc. ThycoticCentrify dates back to the merger of Thycotic Software Ltd. and Centrify Corp. in April.…

Security

Talon Cyber Security raises $43M from Sorenson, Evolution, Lightspeed and Team8

By Duncan Riley Jan 31, 2022

Cybersecurity solutions startup Talon Cyber Security Ltd. today announced that it has raised $43 million in new funding, including $17 million in so-called simple agreement for future equity investments. Investors include Sorenson Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners,…

Security

Apple and Tesla supplier Delta Electronics struck by Conti ransomware attack

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2022

Taiwanese Apple Inc. and Tesla Inc. supplier Delta Electronics Inc. has been struck by a Conti ransomware attack. The attack took place on Friday, Jan. 21, and affected noncritical information systems. In a statement,…

AI

Conversational AI startup NLX raises $5M to scale up its offering

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2022

Conversation artificial intelligence startup NLX Inc. revealed today that it has raised $5 million in funding to scale up its offering. Aquila Capital Partners led the seed round, along with Flying Fish Partners, Sage Venture…

Apps

Robinhood shares drop after missing on earnings and estimates

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2022

Shares in Robinhood Markets Inc. dropped in after-hours trading after the company missed expectations on fourth-quarter earnings as well as current-quarter guidance. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Robinhood reported a net loss of…

Infra

Western Digital shares plunge on weak outlook caused by supply-chain problems

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2022

Shares in Western Digital Corp. plunged in after-hours trading after the company issued a lower-than-expected outlook because of supply-chain problems. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, Western Digital reported a profit before costs such…

Cloud

Xeneta acquires air freight data analytics company CLIVE Data Services

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2022

Ocean and airfreight benchmarking and market intelligence platform startup Xeneta AS announced today that it has acquired air freight data analysts company CLIVE Data Services for an undisclosed price. The deal comes seven months after Xeneta announced it was…

Cloud

Weaveworks acquires Magalix to deliver end-to-end Kubernetes security

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2022

GitOps company Weaveworks Inc. today revealed it has acquired cloud-native security startup Magalix Corp. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017, Magalix offers a security-as-code platform that it says allows users to embed security at…

Security

12-year-old vulnerability in Linux gives attackers root privileges

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2022

A newly discovered 12-year-old vulnerability in a Linux system tool can give attackers root privileges on machines running the operating system. Discovered and described Tuesday by researchers at Qualys Inc., the vulnerability, dubbed “PwnKit,” is…

Duncan Riley

Biometric user authentication startup Passage launches with $4M in funding

TPG changes access management firm ThycoticCentrify’s name to Delinea

Talon Cyber Security raises $43M from Sorenson, Evolution, Lightspeed and Team8

Apple and Tesla supplier Delta Electronics struck by Conti ransomware attack

Robinhood shares drop after missing on earnings and estimates

Xeneta acquires air freight data analytics company CLIVE Data Services

12-year-old vulnerability in Linux gives attackers root privileges

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