Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Digital contract management startup Ironclad raises $150M on $3.2B valuation

By Duncan Riley Jan 18, 2022

Digital contract management software startup Ironclad Inc. revealed today that it has raised $150 million in new funding to scale up its digital contracting platform. Franklin Templeton led the Series E round with BOND, YC Continuity,…

Security

Bugcrowd: Financial services companies saw 185% increases in serious attacks

By Duncan Riley Jan 18, 2022

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd Inc. today released a new report that spotlights the key cybersecurity trends of the past year. The 2022 Priority One report covers the rise in the adoption of crowdsourced…

Security

Continuous verification startup Verica raises $12M to fuel growth

By Duncan Riley Jan 18, 2022

Continuous verification startup Verica Inc. announced today it has raised $12 million in new funding to expand its product roadmap, build out enterprise-class features and scale up its go-to-market activities. Intel Capital led the Series A…

Security

Safari 15 vulnerability leaks users’ identity and website history

By Duncan Riley Jan 17, 2022

A newly disclosed vulnerability in Apple Inc.’s Safari web browser and related WebKit code can leak a users’ identity and website history. Discovered and detailed Jan. 14 by researchers at FingerprintJs Inc., the vulnerability relates…

Emerging Tech

PitchBook: Venture capital dealmaking, exits and fundraising all hit record highs in 2021

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2022

2021 started with a bang in venture capital activity and continued to boom, producing another record-setting year, according to the latest quarterly report out early Friday from the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Reflecting similar results…

Security

Ransomware attack on New Mexico prison knocks systems offline, forces lockdown

By Duncan Riley Jan 13, 2022

A prison in New Mexico was forced to go into lockdown last week after a ransomware attack knocked its systems offline. The ransomware attack hit the Metropolitan Detention Center in Bernalillo County on Jan.…

Security

DigiCert acquires Mocana to accelerate its presence in the IoT market

By Duncan Riley Jan 13, 2022

Digital security provider DigiCert Inc. disclosed today that it has acquired “internet of things” company Mocana Corp. for an undisclosed price. Founded back in 2004, Mocana offers an IoT security platform designed for mission-critical security solutions for industrial…

Blockchain

NEAR Foundation raises $150M to accelerate web3 mass adoption

By Duncan Riley Jan 13, 2022

The NEAR Foundation has raised $150 million in new funding to accelerate its mission to help billions of people learn and use blockchain and decentralized technologies at the heart of the fast-emerging, so-called web3.…

Security

Iranian state-sponsored hacking group exploiting Apache Log4j vulnerabilities

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2022

An Iranian state-sponsored hacking group has been found to be actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Apache Log4j to distribute a new modular PowerShell toolkit for nefarious purposes. Detailed Tuesday by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies…

AI

Distributed machine learning startup Boosted.ai raises $35M

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2022

Distributed machine learning startup Boosted.ai revealed today it has raised $35 million in new funding to scale up its web-based platform that brings explainable machine learning tools to investment managers. Ten Cove Capital and Spark Capital led…

Duncan Riley

Digital contract management startup Ironclad raises $150M on $3.2B valuation

Bugcrowd: Financial services companies saw 185% increases in serious attacks

Continuous verification startup Verica raises $12M to fuel growth

Safari 15 vulnerability leaks users’ identity and website history

PitchBook: Venture capital dealmaking, exits and fundraising all hit record highs in 2021

Ransomware attack on New Mexico prison knocks systems offline, forces lockdown

DigiCert acquires Mocana to accelerate its presence in the IoT market

NEAR Foundation raises $150M to accelerate web3 mass adoption

Iranian state-sponsored hacking group exploiting Apache Log4j vulnerabilities

Distributed machine learning startup Boosted.ai raises $35M

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