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

Latest from Duncan Riley

Microsoft hires Apple chip designer to boost its processor plans

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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. According to his LinkedIn profile, Filippo previously spent …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 by Palo Alto Networks Inc. veterans Liat Hayun …

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

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 is that perhaps the tech industry last year …

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

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 the Series F round, with Whale Rock and …

New NTT Application Security solution helps enterprises improve app testing

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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, the next phase of the WhiteHat Vantage Platform, is …

Panasonic data breach compromised job applicant and business partner data

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 how the data breach took place in its …

FBI warns hackers are sending malicious USB thumb drives via mail

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 mail campaign is being linked to the FIN7 …

Proofpoint acquires Singapore-based data protection firm Dathena

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 data sensitivity, protects data and enables companies to …

Critical H2 database console vulnerability shares similarities to Log4j

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

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 be embedded in Java applications or run in …

PayPal explores developing and launching its own cryptocurrency stablecoin

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

PayPal Holdings Inc. has confirmed that it’s looking at developing and launching a stablecoin after a developer discovered references to something called “PayPal Coin” within the company’s iOS app. A stablecoin is a form of cryptocurrency pegged to a stable reserve asset …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

PayPal explores developing and launching its own cryptocurrency stablecoin

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