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

Facebook takes down alleged Chinese hackers targeting Uyghur activists

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. said today that it has taken down a group of Chinese hackers that were targeting Uyghur activists. Uyghurs are a Turkik ethnic group of people who live in China’s Xinjiang Province. Officially the Chinese Communist Party is putting them in “re-education …

California Controller’s Office suffers data breach after employee fell for phishing email

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The California State Controller’s Office is the latest victim of a data breach, with the records of about 9,000 people stolen. The data breach was caused by a phishing attack in which an employee of the State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Division …

Qualcomm reportedly designing Nintendo Switch-like gaming console

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

When most people think of gaming consoles, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd. would come to mind, but in a completely unexpected twist, Qualcomm Inc. reportedly wants to be on that list. According to a report from Android Police, Qualcomm …

Free stock-trading startup Robinhood files paperwork for initial public offering

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

After years of reports, free stock-trading startup Robinhood Market Inc. is finally going public after confidentially submitting its initial public offering paperwork to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. There’s really nothing confidential about the filing, since Robinhood posted about it on its …

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

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 plans, and Tuesday from Bloomberg, which reported Microsoft’s …

Oil and gas company Shell suffers Accellion-related data breach

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 security incident involved Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance that …

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

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 round was led by Viking Global Investors and included …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 investors in its Series B round but noted …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 that’s exactly what some scammers are taking advantage …

REvil ransomware gang demands $50M ransom payment from Acer

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 March 18 that they had breached the Taiwanese …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Facebook takes down alleged Chinese hackers targeting Uyghur activists

California Controller’s Office suffers data breach after employee fell for phishing email

Qualcomm reportedly designing Nintendo Switch-like gaming console

Free stock-trading startup Robinhood files paperwork for initial public offering

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

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