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

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Enterprise edge security platform startup Elisity raises $26M

Enterprise edge security platform startup Elisity Inc. today announced that it has raised $26 million in new funding to meet the demand for its cloud-delivered cybersecurity platform. The Series A round was co-led by Two Bear Capital and AllegisCyber Capital, with previous investor Atlantic Bridge also participating. Founded in 2018, Elisity offers unified policy and identity-based access solutions powered by ...

Web app and API protection startup ThreatX raises $10M to expand US operations

Web application and application programming interface protection startup ThreatX Inc. revealed today that it has raised $10 million in new funding to accelerate business growth and expand U.S. operations. The venture firm .406 Ventures led the Series B round. Other investors included Access Venture Partners and Grotech Ventures. Founded in 2014, ThreatX’s web application and API ...

Microsoft Teams vulnerability could have resulted in account compromise

Microsoft Corp. recently patched a severe vulnerability in Microsoft Teams that could have allowed an attacker to gain access to a user’s account. Discovered and publicized today byz researcher Evan Grant at Tenable Inc., the vulnerability related to a feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to launch applications as a tab within any team they ...

Israeli predictive AI fraud protection startup nSure.ai raises $6.8M

Israeli predictive artificial intelligence fraud protection startup nSure.ai Ltd. announced today it has raised $6.8 million in new funding to develop its AI and machine learning algorithms further. The seed round included DisruptiveAI, Phoenix Insurance, Kamet – an AXA-backed venture builder — Moneta Seeds and private investors. Founded in 2019, nSure.ai applies advanced AI technology to provide ...

Bitcoin rises on positive news and yet another Elon Musk tweet

The price of bitcoin is once again heading up on positive news and yet another Elon Musk tweet after the cryptocurrency hit six-month lows last week. Last week, bitcoin hit a low of just above $31,000, its lowest level since January, but in the last 24 hours it broke through $40,000, a noted resistance level ...

McDonald’s data breach sees information stolen in US, South Korea and Taiwan

Iconic fast-food chain McDonald’s Corp. has been struck by a data breach with information stolen in the U.S., South Korea and Taiwan. The exact form of the data breach was not revealed. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the breach involved some business contact information of U.S. employees and franchisees along with information about restaurants ...

Government platform provider iConstituent struck by ransomware attack

Engagement platform iConstituent LLC, used by senators, congresspeople, state and local officials to automate and streamline communication with their constituents, has been struck by a ransomware attack. The exact form of ransomware and how many users were impacted has not yet been disclosed. The House of Representatives’ chief administrative office confirmed the ransomware attack but ...

Organizational management platform startup ChartHop raises $35M for platform expansion

Organizational management platform startup ChartHop Inc. announced today it has raised $35 million in new funding to continue its expansion through product enhancements, investments in service and support, and growth in go-to-market capabilities. The Series B round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors included Elad Gil, Cowboy Ventures and SemperVirens. Founded in 2018, ChartHop describes itself as the ...

Meat processing company JBS paid $11M to settle REvil ransomware attack

Another day and another company has paid a ransom following an attack, a concession that likely will encourage ransomware gangs to target even more companies. Today’s news involves global meat processing company JBS S.A. The company was in the news June 1 after it was struck by a ransomware attack that caused it to suspend ...

Solana Labs raises $314M in token sale to expand its blockchain-related services

Solana Labs Inc. announced today that it has raised $314 million in a private token sale to launch an incubation studio, venture investing arm and trading desk. Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital led the token raise. Other investors included Alameda Research, Blockchange Ventures, CMS Holdings, Coinfund, CoinShares, Collab Currency, Memetic Capital, Multicoin Capital, ParaFi Capital, ...