Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

NEWS

Microsoft finds SolarWinds hackers downloaded code but didn’t mount attacks

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2021

Microsoft Corp.’s Security Response Center today concluded its internal investigation into the SolarWinds Worldwide LLC breach, finding that although some source code was downloaded, there was no evidence hackers had abused internal systems or…

Cloud

Israeli startup Torii raises $10M to develop out its SaaS automation platform

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2021

Israeli software-as-a-service automation startup Torii Labs Ltd. has raised $10 million in new funding to develop out its management platform and hire more people. The early-stage venture capital round was was led by Wing…

NEWS

SailPoint acquires Intello to increase visibility into SaaS apps

By Duncan Riley Feb 18, 2021

Cloud enterprise identity security company SailPoint Technologies Inc. has acquired software-as-a-service operations startup Intello Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017, Intello offers a SaaS operations platform designed to enable companies to discover…

NEWS

Kia Motors America allegedly struck by DoppelPaymer ransomware attack

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2021

Kia Motors America Inc. has been allegedly struck by a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack along with a demand for a 404 bitcoin ($20 million) ransom payment. As reported by Bleeping Computer, the attack appeared first with…

Emerging Tech

Autonomous vehicle sensor startup AEye to go public via a SPAC

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2021

Artificial intelligence-powered autonomous vehicle sensor startup AEye Inc. today announced that it plans to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company. The deal will see AEye merge with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III in a deal…

Emerging Tech

Waymo starts testing autonomous robotaxi service in San Francisco

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2021

Waymo LLC, the self-driving car division of Alphabet Inc., today announced that it has begun limited testing of an autonomous robotaxi service in San Francisco some two years after it launched a commercial service…

NEWS

North Koreans indicted for alleged role in hacking and ransomware attacks

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2021

The U.S. Justice Department today indicted three North Korean nationals for their alleged role in the hacking and ransomware attacks that targeted cryptocurrency exchanges, banks and the entertainment industry among others. Jon Chang Hyok,…

NEWS

Cloudentity teams with Axway to deliver zero-trust authorization for open banking services

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2021

Identity-aware authorization and application security solutions provider Cloudentity Inc. has announced a new partnership with application programming interface integrations platform provider Axway Software SA to deliver zero-trust authorization for open banking services. Open banking…

NEWS

Popular SDK used by social media sites allows attackers to spy on audio and video calls

By Duncan Riley Feb 17, 2021

A newly disclosed vulnerability in a software development kit used by a variety of applications and sites allows an attacker to spy on ongoing audio and video calls. Detailed early Wednesday by security researchers at McAfee…

Blockchain

Bitcoin surpasses $50,000 thanks to support from – who else? – Elon Musk

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2021

The price of bitcoin hit yet-another new record high today, briefly surpassing $50,000 around 9:30 p.m. EST. As when it broke through $40,000 for the first time on Feb. 8, support from Elon Musk…

Duncan Riley

Microsoft finds SolarWinds hackers downloaded code but didn’t mount attacks

Kia Motors America allegedly struck by DoppelPaymer ransomware attack

Autonomous vehicle sensor startup AEye to go public via a SPAC

Waymo starts testing autonomous robotaxi service in San Francisco

North Koreans indicted for alleged role in hacking and ransomware attacks

Cloudentity teams with Axway to deliver zero-trust authorization for open banking services

Popular SDK used by social media sites allows attackers to spy on audio and video calls

Bitcoin surpasses $50,000 thanks to support from – who else? – Elon Musk

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