Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Flashpoint acquires data breach intelligence company Risk Based Security

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2022

Business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint said today it has acquired vulnerability and data breach intelligence company Risk Based Security Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011, RBS identifies risks to an organization’s most valuable assets through…

Infra

Microsoft hires Apple chip designer to boost its processor plans

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2022

Microsoft Corp. has hired a veteran chip designer from Apple Inc. as part of an effort to design its own chips. Bloomberg reported today that Mike Filippo joined Microsoft after nearly three years at Apple.…

Security

Israeli cloud data security startup Eureka launches out of stealth with $8M in funding

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2022

Israeli cloud data security posture management platform startup Eureka today launched out of stealth mode with $8 million in seed funding. YL Ventures led the round, with renowned security executives and serial entrepreneurs also participating. Founded…

Emerging Tech

CB Insights: Venture capital funding smashed every conceivable record in 2021

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2022

The annual CB Insights State of Venture report has been published and despite COVID-19 or perhaps because of it, it was a stellar year for funding as records were smashed all around. One takeaway…

Apps

European Uber rival Bolt raises $711M on a $8.4B valuation

By Duncan Riley Jan 11, 2022

European Uber Technologies Inc. rival Bolt Technology OÜ has raised €628m ($711 million) in new funding to accelerate its stated mission to help cities transform urban areas into sustainable, people-friendly spaces. Sequoia Capital and Fidelity led…

Security

New NTT Application Security solution helps enterprises improve app testing

By Duncan Riley Jan 11, 2022

NTT Security AppSec Solutions Inc. today announced a solution that enables enterprises to conduct dynamic application security testing at each phase of the development cycle and prevent exploitable vulnerabilities from reaching production. Vantage Prevent,…

Security

Panasonic data breach compromised job applicant and business partner data

By Duncan Riley Jan 10, 2022

Japanese conglomerate Panasonic Corp. has disclosed that job applicant and business partner data were stolen in a breach that the company first revealed in November. The company still didn’t reveal the exact details of…

Security

FBI warns hackers are sending malicious USB thumb drives via mail

By Duncan Riley Jan 10, 2022

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning that hackers are sending malicious USB thumb drives via mail to companies hoping that recipients will use them and hence infect their networks. The malware by…

Security

Proofpoint acquires Singapore-based data protection firm Dathena

By Duncan Riley Jan 10, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc. today said it had acquired artificial intelligence-powered data protection firm Dathena Science Pte. Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2016 and based in Singapore, Dathena offers a platform that evaluates…

Security

Critical H2 database console vulnerability shares similarities to Log4j

By Duncan Riley Jan 9, 2022

A newly discovered vulnerability in H2 database consoles could allow remote code execution, similarly to the recently rampant Log4j “Log4Shell” vulnerability. H2 is an open-source relational database management system written in Java. It can…

Duncan Riley

Flashpoint acquires data breach intelligence company Risk Based Security

Microsoft hires Apple chip designer to boost its processor plans

CB Insights: Venture capital funding smashed every conceivable record in 2021

European Uber rival Bolt raises $711M on a $8.4B valuation

New NTT Application Security solution helps enterprises improve app testing

Panasonic data breach compromised job applicant and business partner data

FBI warns hackers are sending malicious USB thumb drives via mail

Proofpoint acquires Singapore-based data protection firm Dathena

Critical H2 database console vulnerability shares similarities to Log4j

LATEST FROM THECUBE

UPCOMING CUBE EVENTS

RECENT CUBE EVENTS

Supermicro Open Storage Summit 2026

Black Hat USA 2026

GraphTalk 2026

AMD Advancing AI 2026

RAISE Summit 2026

SIGN IN

OR

New User? SIGN UP

Join us

SIGN UP

Bio

Ethics statement

Contact us

Partner with us

Contact us

Guest inquiry