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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Information stolen in ransomware attack on Ireland’s health service shared online

Medical and personal information stolen from Ireland’s health service in a ransomware attack last week is now being shared online after the service refused to pay the demanded ransom. The ransomware attack by the Conti ransomware was first detected on the health service’s IT systems late last week, crippling diagnostic services, disrupting COVID-19 testing and ...

Industrial SaaS startup Cognite raises $150M on a unicorn valuation of $1.6B

Industrial software-as-a-service startup Cognite AS said today it has raised $150 million in new funding to help accelerate the data-driven transformation of legacy industries in a bid to help make them more sustainable and profitable. The Series A round was led by TCV and was raised on a valuation of $1.6 billion, giving Cognite unicorn status ...

Shares in business website provider Squarespace drop on NYSE debut

Shares in business website provider Squarespace Inc. dropped on their debut on the New York Stock Exchange today after the company went public via a direct listing. With a reference price of $50 per share, the first trade in Squarespace was $48 per share at 1:19 p.m. EDT. The company’s share price dropped to $43.65 ...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunge on disputed China news, Elon Musk tweets

The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunged today on disputed news out of China and yet more tweets from Elon Musk. Bitcoin, which had been trading around the $50,000 mark a week ago after hitting a record high of nearly $65,000 April 15, dropped to just below $32,000 at 9:14 a.m. EDT before recovering ...

Risky Exchange operation detection tops threat list for Azure AD and Office 365

Recently minted unicorn threat detection and response startup Vectra AI Inc. today released a new report on threat detections for Microsoft Corp.’s Azure Active Directory and Office 365 and has found that risky Exchange operation detection was at the top of the list. The report details the top 10 threat detections customers receive based on frequency ...

Apple reportedly working on new range of Macs with faster processors

A month after Apple Inc. announced a new lineup of M1-powered devices, including a new iMac, iPad Pro and Apple TV, reports have already emerged on what the company may be working on next. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Apple is preparing to release several new Mac laptops and desktops with faster processors, new ...

Google uses AI to enhance traffic routing and pedestrian directions in Maps

Google LLC announced a range of improvements for its Maps service at its virtual I/O developer conference today, including the use of artificial intelligence to improve traffic routing and pedestrian directions. The routing adjustments involve applying AI to teach maps to identify and forecast when people are hitting their brakes. Google uses data from “hard-brake ...

Splunk to acquire cloud-native security startup TruSTAR

Splunk Inc. today announced its intention to acquire cloud-native security startup TruSTAR Technology Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2014, TruSTAR offers an application programming interface-first cloud-native intelligence management platform that transforms intelligence from third-party providers and historical events for integration and accelerated automation across core detection, orchestration and response tools. Through the use of ...

Arctic Wolf announces new security and awareness training product at RSA Conference

Managed security startup Arctic Wolf Networks Inc. today announced the launch of its Managed Security Awareness service designed to help organizations build cyber resilience against social engineering, phishing attacks and credential theft. Positioned to help customers looking to improve their security posture and minimize cybersecurity risk, the product combines fully managed security awareness training, phishing simulation and account ...

McAfee expands MVISION XDR with automated threat detection and response

McAfee Corp. today announced a significant expansion of its MVISION Extended Detection and Response solution by correlating the extensive telemetry of McAfee’s endpoint security solution, Secure Access Service Edge solution and threat intelligence solution powered by MVISION Insights. The new integrations are designed to protect organizations against the most advanced threats while simplifying security operations ...