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

North Koreans indicted for alleged role in hacking and ransomware attacks

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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, Kim Il and Park Jin Hyok are accused of …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 services are the use of APIs to enable …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 LLC’s Advanced Threat Research team, the vulnerability relates …

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

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 through a significant investment from Tesla Inc. is …

Files stolen as law firm Jones Day hit by Clop ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

International law firm Jones Day has been targeted in a ransomware attack and the stolen files were dumped on the internet. First reported Feb. 13 by DataBreaches.net, the attack is believed to have involved the Clop ransomware gang, the same group behind an …

Report finds criminals move cryptocurrency through a small number of services

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

A new report has found that criminals who use cryptocurrency launder their funds through a small number of online services. Chainalysis Inc., which last month said only 0.34% of cryptocurrency is traded for illicit purposes, found last week that the actual number of those undertaking …

Microsoft’s Brad Smith labels SolarWinds hack ‘largest, most sophisticated attack ever’

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith has labeled the now-infamous hack of SolarWinds Worldwide LLC’s Orion software as the “largest and most sophisticated attack ever” as further details of the attack emerge. Smith (pictured) made the comments on an interview on CBSNews’ “60 …

Russian Sandworm hackers linked to attacks on French IT providers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems has publicly attributed a range of attacks that targeted multiple information technology providers in France to Russia’s Sandworm group. A technical report released in late January by the agency, also known as …

Hackers using Egregor ransomware arrested in Ukraine

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Hackers using Egregor ransomware have been arrested in Ukraine as part of the joint operation between French police and Ukrainian law enforcement. First reported Feb. 12 by France Inter, the arrests are said to have involved hackers suspected of being in contact …

CBP facial recognition technology fails to find anyone using false identities at airports

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The use of facial recognition technology is often controversial in terms of privacy and bias issues, and some even suggest it should be banned. But ethical considerations aside, is it really that effective? Apparently not. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is one user …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

Files stolen as law firm Jones Day hit by Clop ransomware attack

Report finds criminals move cryptocurrency through a small number of services

Microsoft’s Brad Smith labels SolarWinds hack ‘largest, most sophisticated attack ever’

Russian Sandworm hackers linked to attacks on French IT providers

Hackers using Egregor ransomware arrested in Ukraine

CBP facial recognition technology fails to find anyone using false identities at airports

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