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

Ragnar Locker ransomware gang threatens to publish stolen data if victims contact authorities

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

Despite spurious reports that the infamous Ragnar Locker ransomware gang had quit and published its decryption keys, it turns out that it’s still active and actively threatening its victims. As first reported today by Bleeping Computer, the Ragnar Locker gang is warning its victims …

Microsoft acquires Australian video editing startup Clipchamp

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today said it has acquired video editing platform startup Clipchamp Pty Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Clipchamp was founded in 2013 in Brisbane, Australia, or as it terms the city, Meanjin on the traditional lands of the Yuggera Nation. The …

Smartsheet shares drop despite better-than-expected earnings

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

Shares in work management platform provider Smartsheet Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today despite its reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings results. For the quarter ended July 30, Smartsheet reported total revenue of $131.7 million, an increase of 44% year-over-year and up from $117.1 …

BrakTooth Bluetooth vulnerabilities could affect billions of devices

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

A range of newly discovered vulnerabilities affecting Bluetooth could affect billions of devices that use the common wireless connectivity standard. Discovered and detailed today by the Automated Systems Security Research Group at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, the family of vulnerabilities …

Secure email provider ProtonMail defends itself after sharing user internet address

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

Swiss secure email provider Proton Technologies AG has been forced to defend itself after providing an internet address of a French climate activist to authorities despite having a no-IP address logging policy. ProtonMail, founded in 2014, is one of the leading privacy-focused …

US Cyber Command warns of active exploitation of Atlassian Confluence vulnerability

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Cyber Command issued a warning Friday that mass exploitation of Atlassian Corp. PLC’s Confluence software is taking place and that users should patch their installations immediately. The vulnerability, formally named CVE-2021-26084, was revealed by Atlassian on Aug. 25 and was described as allowing …

As Apple continues to struggle, Xiaomi enters the electric vehicle business

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi Inc. is entering the electric vehicle business at a time that Apple Inc. continues to struggle to bring a car to market. Often referred to as the Apple of China, Xiaomi may not be a well-known name in …

Conti ransomware gang is targeting unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

The Conti ransomware gang is actively targeting unpatched Microsoft Corp. Exchange servers through the same exploit used to target servers earlier this year. Discovered and detailed Friday by researchers at Sophos plc, Conti is targeting networks with ProxyShell, an evolution of the ProxyLogon …

WhatsApp vulnerability could have lead to user data being exposed

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

A now patched vulnerability in the Facebook Inc.-owned WhatsApp messaging service could have led to user data being exposed. Discovered by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the vulnerability is described as an “out-of-bounds read-write vulnerability.” While the flaw required complex …

Secureworks shares plunge on lower-than-expected guidance

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY5 YEARS AGO

Shares in cybersecurity firm Secureworks Corp. plunged in regular trading today after the company missed most analyst expectations in its second-quarter earnings report. For the quarter ending July 31, Secureworks reported revenue of $134.2 million, down 3.1% from the second quarter of …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Ragnar Locker ransomware gang threatens to publish stolen data if victims contact authorities

Microsoft acquires Australian video editing startup Clipchamp

Smartsheet shares drop despite better-than-expected earnings

BrakTooth Bluetooth vulnerabilities could affect billions of devices

Secure email provider ProtonMail defends itself after sharing user internet address

US Cyber Command warns of active exploitation of Atlassian Confluence vulnerability

As Apple continues to struggle, Xiaomi enters the electric vehicle business

Conti ransomware gang is targeting unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers

WhatsApp vulnerability could have lead to user data being exposed

Secureworks shares plunge on lower-than-expected guidance

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