Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Messaging platform provider Discord reportedly exploring sale to Microsoft at $10B

By Duncan Riley Mar 23, 2021

Messaging platform provider Discord Inc. is exploring a sale that could value the company at $10 billion, and Microsoft is reportedly leading the suitors. That’s according to reports Monday from VentureBeat, which first reported Discord’s…

NEWS

Oil and gas company Shell suffers Accellion-related data breach

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2021

Multinational oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell plc is the latest victim of a data breach related to a vulnerability in software from Accellion Inc. In a statement last week, Shell said that the data…

Cloud

Digital identity network startup ID.me raises $100M on unicorn valuation of $1.5B

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2021

Digital identity network startup ID.me Inc. has raised $100 million in new funding to build out its secure digital identity network by expanding the number of businesses and government agencies it serves. The Series C…

NEWS

Wiz raises $130M, Axis Security $50M as COVID-19 drives more cybersecurity funding

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2021

Venture capital money continues to flow into the cybersecurity sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as Wiz Inc. and Axis Security today said they raised $130 million and $50 million, respectively. Wiz did not specifically name the…

NEWS

Scammers trick Android users into installing fake, malware-laden Clubhouse app

By Duncan Riley Mar 21, 2021

Audio-based social app Clubhouse has attracted headlines and big venture capital rounds, but the service still is available only for Apple Inc.’s iOS devices. Android users have been keen to check the service out, though, and…

NEWS

REvil ransomware gang demands $50M ransom payment from Acer

By Duncan Riley Mar 21, 2021

Hardware and electronics firm Acer Inc. has been struck by REvil ransomware with the ransomware gang demanding a ransom payment of $50 million. The REvil ransomware gang first announced on their data leak site…

Blockchain

Coinbase pays $6.5M to settle government investigation into false reporting

By Duncan Riley Mar 21, 2021

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. has been fined $6.5 million by the U.S. Commodity Future Trading Commision to settle allegations that it undertook reckless false, misleading or inaccurate reporting as well as so-called wash…

NEWS

FBI internet crime report details surge in cybercrime complaints in 2020

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2021

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has delivered its annual internet crime report based on information from 791,790 complaints in 2020, far surpassing 300,000 complaints in 2019. The report found that the top three…

Apps

Apple reportedly to begin production of iPad Pro with mini-LED display in April

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2021

Apple Inc. is on track to start production of a new iPad Pro with a mini-LED display in April, according to the latest investor note from famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. According to Kuo,…

NEWS

XCodeSpy malware targets developers using Apple’s Xcode software

By Duncan Riley Mar 18, 2021

A recently discovered form of Mac malware is being used to target software developers who use Apple Inc.’s Xcode development environment for macOS. Detailed today by researchers at SentinelOne, XcodeSpy is a malicious Xcode project…

Duncan Riley

Messaging platform provider Discord reportedly exploring sale to Microsoft at $10B

Oil and gas company Shell suffers Accellion-related data breach

Digital identity network startup ID.me raises $100M on unicorn valuation of $1.5B

Wiz raises $130M, Axis Security $50M as COVID-19 drives more cybersecurity funding

Scammers trick Android users into installing fake, malware-laden Clubhouse app

REvil ransomware gang demands $50M ransom payment from Acer

Coinbase pays $6.5M to settle government investigation into false reporting

FBI internet crime report details surge in cybercrime complaints in 2020

Apple reportedly to begin production of iPad Pro with mini-LED display in April

XCodeSpy malware targets developers using Apple’s Xcode software

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