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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Amazon devices to share WiFi automatically unless users opt out

Owners of Amazon.com Inc. devices in the U.S. will automatically share their WiFi as of June 8 as part of a program called Amazon Sidewalk. Pitched by Amazon as a shared network that helps devices such as Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors and Tile trackers “work better at home and ...

Canada Post customer records stolen following cyberattack on supplier

The details of some 44 commercial customers of Canada Post covering about 950,000 receiving customers is believed to have been stolen following a cyberattack that targeted a key supplier. In a statement May 26, Canada Post said it had been told May 19 by Commport Communications International Inc., an electronic data exchange solution supplier used by the corporation, ...

Customer experience software company Sprinklr files for IPO

Customer experience management software company Sprinklr Inc. filed its paperwork May 28 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Founded in 2009, Sprinklr provides cloud services that large enterprises use to manage interactions with customers. The company offers five services for managing customer-facing activities, including marketing, technical support and product feedback collection, with ...

TSA formalizes new cybersecurity rules for critical pipeline owners and operators

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has formally announced new cybersecurity requirements for critical pipeline owners and operators. The directive, first reported earlier this week to be coming, requires critical pipeline owners and operators to report confirmed and potential cybersecurity incidents to the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and to designate a Cybersecurity Coordinator, ...

FBI warns APT actors are targeting vulnerabilities in Fortinet appliances

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation today issued a flash alert warning that so-called advanced persistent threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in cybersecurity appliances from Fortinet Inc. According to the FBI, an APT group — APT groups are typically state-sponsored — has exploited a Fortinet appliance to access a web server hosting the domain of a ...

Salesforce’s shares surge on stronger-than-expected earnings

Shares in Salesfor.com Inc. surged in after-hours trading today after the company topped analysts’ expectations in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report. Salesforce reported revenue rose 23% from a year ago, to $5.96 billion for the quarter ended April 30. Net income in the quarter came in at $469 million or 50 cents a share, way up ...

New report finds 67% of applications in the utility sector have serious vulnerabilities

With the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack still making headlines and resulting in new government policy, a new report from application security provider WhiteHat Security Inc. finds that companies across multiple industries remain exposed to future attacks. WhiteHat’s monthly Appsec Stats Flash report released today found that the Window of Exposure, a key metric indicative of breach ...

Payments startup SpotOn raises $125M on a unicorn valuation of $1.875B

Payments startup SpotOn Transact Inc. has raised $125 million in new funding to accelerate product development and expand its market presence. The Series D round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z. Additional investors included DST Global, 01 Advisors, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton and Mubadala Investment Co. The round was raised on a $1.875 billion valuation, giving ...

Despite beating analysts’ predictions, Zuora sees shares fall flat

Shares in cloud subscription services company Zuora Inc. were flat in after-hours trading today despite the company’s quarterly earnings report topping analysts’ expectations. For the quarter ended April 30, Zuora reported revenue rose 9% from a year ago, to $80.3 million. Subscription revenue rose 14%, to $65.1 million. Its loss before costs such as stock ...

Workday sees stock slip despite beating earnings forecast

Shares in Workday Inc. dropped slightly in after-hours trading today despite the enterprise cloud applications provider beating analysts’ predictions in its fiscal first-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended April 30, Workday reported revenue rose 1% from a year ago, to $1.18 billion, and subscription revenue rose 17%, to $1.03 billion. The company booked a $38.3 ...