Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Autonomous truck startup Plus raises $200M, explores public listing via SPAC

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2021

Autonomous truck startup Plus has raised $220 million in new funding and is reported to be in talks to go public via a merger with a special-purchase acquisition company. Reuters reported Wednesday that the company…

NEWS

North Korean hackers are now using a fake security company to target researchers

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2021

Researchers at Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group are warning that the same North Korean hackers who targeted security researchers earlier this year have now set up a new website and fake social media profiles…

Cloud

Shares of real estate technology firm Compass rise slightly on NYSE debut

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2021

In a sign of mixed investor reaction to recent initial public stock offerings, shares in SoftBank Group Corp.-backed real estate technology firm Compass Inc. rose slightly on their public debut on the New York Exchange…

Blockchain

IRS obtains approval to seek customer records from cryptocurrency firm Circle

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2021

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has obtained authorization for a “John Doe Summons” that seeks to unmask high-value customers at cryptocurrency service provider Circle Internet Financial Inc. The summons, approved today by the federal…

NEWS

Sysdig launches unified cloud and container security posture management products

By Duncan Riley Mar 30, 2021

Container security startup Sysdig Inc. today announced a number of new unified cloud and container security products to its lineup with the launch of continuous cloud security posture management. The first offering, Cloud Security Posture…

NEWS

UK education charity Harris Federation struck by ransomware attack

By Duncan Riley Mar 30, 2021

The Harris Foundation, a U.K. education charity organization that runs 50 schools has been struck by a ransomware attack that has seen its systems taken offline. The ransomware attack hit the foundation on Saturday…

NEWS

SolarWinds hackers reportedly gained access to emails of top Homeland Security officials

By Duncan Riley Mar 29, 2021

The latest confirmed victim in the now infamous SolarWinds Worldwide LLC hack is reported to be the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as email accounts belonging to the then-DHS head and cybersecurity staff were…

NEWS

Federal Trade Commission drops its four-year lawsuit against Qualcomm

By Duncan Riley Mar 29, 2021

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today dropped its antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Technologies Inc. four years after they first filed the claim against the mobile chip maker. The FTC filed the lawsuit against Qualcomm…

NEWS

Stolen credit card forum hacked and user details published online

By Duncan Riley Mar 28, 2021

In another example of there being no honor among thieves, a major forum that deals with stolen credit cards has been hacked and the details of almost 300,000 users stolen and published online. The…

NEWS

Apple releases software updates to address new WebKit vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Mar 28, 2021

Nearly three weeks after releasing its last urgent security updates, Apple Inc. has issued new software updates for its iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch products to address a new security vulnerability in the WebKit engine…

Duncan Riley

Autonomous truck startup Plus raises $200M, explores public listing via SPAC

North Korean hackers are now using a fake security company to target researchers

Shares of real estate technology firm Compass rise slightly on NYSE debut

IRS obtains approval to seek customer records from cryptocurrency firm Circle

UK education charity Harris Federation struck by ransomware attack

SolarWinds hackers reportedly gained access to emails of top Homeland Security officials

Federal Trade Commission drops its four-year lawsuit against Qualcomm

Stolen credit card forum hacked and user details published online

Apple releases software updates to address new WebKit vulnerability

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