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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Twitter warns developers of potentially exposed API keys and access tokens

Twitter Inc. is warning developers that their application programming interface key, user access tokens and token secrets for their own Twitter accounts may have been exposed in browser caches. In a notice to developers Friday, Twitter said they may have been temporarily stored in the browser’s cache on a public or shared computer. “If someone ...

$150M in cryptocurrency stolen in hack of KuCoin exchange

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has been hacked and about $150 million in various types of cryptocurrency stolen. The hack was first detected Saturday morning, Sept. 26, in Singapore. Those behind the attack gained access to investor funds in cryptocurrency hot wallets, those connected to the internet so crypto can be traded, then transferred balances out ...

US imposes trade sanctions on China’s largest chipmaker SMIC

The U.S. Commerce Department has imposed trade sanctions on China’s largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., that will restrict the company’s access to U.S. technology. The restrictions are not as harsh as those imposed on Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. and ZTE Corp., which were outright bans on gaining access to U.S. technology rather than a requirement that ...

Instagram vulnerability could have allowed malicious actors to hijack user accounts

Facebook Inc. has patched a vulnerability in its photo-sharing app Instagram that could have allowed hackers to take over user accounts through a malicious image. The vulnerability, discovered and publicized today by researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., involved a remote code execution hack. The vulnerability would allow attackers to perform any action they wish through ...

Microsoft warns ‘ZeroLogon’ Windows Server vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

An exploit in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Server is actively being exploited in the wild even though a patch for the critical vulnerability was issued last month. Dubbed “ZeroLogon” by cybersecurity professionals and “Netlogon EoP” by Microsoft, the vulnerability, patched in the Microsoft Patch Tuesday security update in August is rated with a critical vulnerability score ...

DHS discloses data breach of US agency but doesn’t name which was hacked

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency today issued an analysis report in relation to a U.S. federal agency that has suffered a data breach after being hacked. CISA didn’t name the federal agency targeted, but the report makes for sober reading in terms of cybersecurity, and in this case, the basic ...

Cerberus Sentinel acquires cybersecurity assessment firm Clear Skies Security

Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corp. today acquired cybersecurity assessment firm Clear Skies Security LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2008, Clear Skies specializes in helping companies discover vulnerabilities in their computer networks and applications before they can be exploited by hackers. The company offers a range of services, including application assessments, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, architecture reviews ...

Feeling merry, stock-trading app maker Robinhood raises an additional $460M

They may not be stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, but the folks at free stock-trading app maker Robinhood Market Inc. are certainly merry as the company raised yet more venture capital ahead of its expected initial public offering. The latest raise of $460 million is an extension on its Series G round ...

‘Rogue’ Shopify employees steal merchant account details

Shopify Inc. has suffered a data breach and details from about 200 merchant accounts were stolen by employees. Reported Tuesday, the data theft involved two “rogue” Shopify support team members whom the company describes as engaged in a “scheme” to obtain customer transactions records from certain merchants. The data stolen included contact information such as ...

CrowdStrike acquires zero-trust cybersecurity startup Preempt Security for $96M

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. said today it plans to acquire zero trust cybersecurity startup Preempt Security Inc. for $96 million. The deal consists of a cash payment of $86 million and $10 million in stock and options subject to vesting conditions. Founded in 2014 and launched in 2016, Preempt Security offers a zero-trust and conditional access solution ...