Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Alleged source code of penetration testing software Cobalt Strike published on GitHub

By Duncan Riley Nov 11, 2020

Source code allegedly belonging to commercial penetration testing software Cobalt Strike has been published on GitHub, potentially providing a new path for hackers to attack companies. Penetration testing, usually abbreviated as pen testing, has…

AI

Snap acquires Israeli voice assistant startup Voca.ai for $70M

By Duncan Riley Nov 11, 2020

Snap Inc. has acquired Israeli voice assistant solutions startup Voca.ai Ltd. for $70 million, according to reports today from Calcalist and Globes referencing people with knowledge of the deal. Neither Snap nor Voca.ai has…

NEWS

Ragnar Locker gang uses Facebook ads to pressure ransomware victim into paying

By Duncan Riley Nov 10, 2020

The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has been making regular headlines for its ransomware attacks on multiple companies in recent months, but in a new twist, the group has taken to advertising on social media to…

Cloud

Virtual events startup Hopin raises $125M to scale up its platform

By Duncan Riley Nov 10, 2020

Virtual events platform startup Hopin Ltd. said today it has raised $125 million in new funding to scale up its platform and support ongoing development efforts. The Series B round was led by IVP and Tiger Global and…

Emerging Tech

Lyft shares rise on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings

By Duncan Riley Nov 10, 2020

Shares in Lyft Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the ride-hailing company beat analysts’ expectations for its third-quarter earnings and said it’s on track to be profitable by the end of 2021. For…

Blockchain

Former Microsoft engineer sentenced to nine years for theft of digital currency

By Duncan Riley Nov 10, 2020

A former Microsoft Corp. engineer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing $10 million in digital currency. Ukrainian national Volodymyr Kvashuk worked at Microsoft at its head office in Redmond, Washington, starting…

NEWS

New version of RansomEXX ransomware targets Linux systems

By Duncan Riley Nov 9, 2020

Ransomware is best known for targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system, but a new version of the RandomEXX ransomware has been found that targets Linux systems. Detected and publicized Nov. 6 by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab,…

NEWS

10M+ hotel reservations found exposed on misconfigured cloud storage

By Duncan Riley Nov 9, 2020

Data relating to more than 10 million hotel reservations has been found online in the latest case of cloud storage misconfiguration. Discovered by researchers at Website Planet, which wrote about it Nov. 6, the database was…

Apps

Samsung surpasses Apple to top third-quarter US smartphone sales

By Duncan Riley Nov 9, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has surpassed rival Apple Inc. to become the highest-selling smartphone maker in the U.S. for the first time in three years. The data, from Strategy Analytics Inc. and first reported by…

Cloud

Despite settling FTC dispute, Zoom watches shares plunge on COVID-19 vaccine news

By Duncan Riley Nov 9, 2020

Shares in Zoom Video Communications Inc. plunged today on news that a COVID-19 vaccine may be available soon, but it wasn’t all bad news as the videoconferencing company settled a dispute with the U.S. Federal…

Duncan Riley

Alleged source code of penetration testing software Cobalt Strike published on GitHub

Snap acquires Israeli voice assistant startup Voca.ai for $70M

Ragnar Locker gang uses Facebook ads to pressure ransomware victim into paying

Virtual events startup Hopin raises $125M to scale up its platform

Lyft shares rise on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings

Former Microsoft engineer sentenced to nine years for theft of digital currency

New version of RansomEXX ransomware targets Linux systems

10M+ hotel reservations found exposed on misconfigured cloud storage

Samsung surpasses Apple to top third-quarter US smartphone sales

Despite settling FTC dispute, Zoom watches shares plunge on COVID-19 vaccine news

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