Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Venture capital funding and exits hit new record highs

By Duncan Riley Oct 14, 2021

Venture capital in the U.S. has hit new high records of investment, according to the latest VC report from PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor released today. The jump was riven by an explosion of mega-deals and record nontraditional investor…

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New ‘SnapMC’ threat group steals data, then extorts victims for payment

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

So-called “double-tap” ransomware groups, which both encrypt and steal data and then threaten to publish the data without payment, have been on the rise for year. The appeal of such an attack is that…

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Verizon Visible customers targeted in a credential-stuffing attack

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

Some customers of Visible, the discount pre-paid mobile arm of Verizon Communications Inc., have been hacked in a so-called credential-stuffing attack. The attack first came to light after customers took to social media to…

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Homeland Security secretary warns ‘killware’ is the next big cyber threat

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is warning that the next big cybersecurity threat is killware, and it could indeed end up killing people. Mayorkas (pictured) identified killware as a serious risk…

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Engineer interviewing startup interviewing.io raises $10M

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

Engineer interviewing startup Interviewing.io Inc. announced today it has raised $10 million in new funding in a Series A round led by M13. Founded in 2015, interviewing.io pitches itself as reinventing the way tech companies hire…

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Linux Foundation raises $10M to support open-source security project

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

The Linux Foundation today announced it had raised $10 million in new investments to expand and support its Open Source Security Foundation project. The funding came from members of the foundation. The long lineup:…

Cloud

Okta announces growth and new CIAM capabilities at its annual Showcase event

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

Okta Inc. today announced continued growth and advancements in both Okta’s and Auth0’s Customer Identity and Access Management offerings at the company’s annual Showcase event. The event, the first joint event since Okta acquired…

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New Datto offering helps managed service providers detect malware, phishing and more

By Duncan Riley Oct 13, 2021

Datto Holding Corp., which supples cloud-based software and security solutions for managed service providers, today announced a new security offering at its first virtual DattoCON NOW event. The new service, Datto SaaS Defense, offers…

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Microsoft mitigates record denial-of-service attack targeting Azure customer

By Duncan Riley Oct 12, 2021

Microsoft Corp. today revealed that it mitigated a 2.4-terabytes-per-second distributed denial-of-service attack that targeted an Azure customer, the largest DDoS attack ever recorded. The attack originated from about 70,000 sources from countries in the…

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Trilio highlights Kubernetes protection and enhanced support at KubeCon

By Duncan Riley Oct 12, 2021

Cloud-native data protection firm Trilio Data Inc. is highlighting its latest ransomware protection for Kubernetes as well as announcing new customers and support at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event in Los Angeles and virtually this week. Trilio…

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Venture capital funding and exits hit new record highs

New ‘SnapMC’ threat group steals data, then extorts victims for payment

Verizon Visible customers targeted in a credential-stuffing attack

Homeland Security secretary warns ‘killware’ is the next big cyber threat

Linux Foundation raises $10M to support open-source security project

Okta announces growth and new CIAM capabilities at its annual Showcase event

New Datto offering helps managed service providers detect malware, phishing and more

Microsoft mitigates record denial-of-service attack targeting Azure customer

Trilio highlights Kubernetes protection and enhanced support at KubeCon

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