Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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US government issues warning following uptick in Emotet malware attacks

By Duncan Riley Oct 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency today issued a warning that state and local governments need to fortify their systems against Emotet malware attacks. Emotet, which was first identified…

Emerging Tech

Thanks to megarounds, venture capital surges to second-highest quarter on record

By Duncan Riley Oct 7, 2020

Venture capital funding in the U.S. surged to its second-highest quarter on record in the third quarter, driven once again by megarounds. The data released today comes from PwC/CB Insights’ “headline report” of key findings…

NEWS

Customer records stolen in data breach of Asian food delivery service Chowbus

By Duncan Riley Oct 6, 2020

Asian food delivery service Chowbus, owned by Fantuan Group Inc., has suffered a data breach with hundreds of thousands of customer records stolen. Exactly how the data breach took place is not known. The…

Blockchain

UK to ban all cryptocurrency derivatives starting in January

By Duncan Riley Oct 6, 2020

The U.K. is set to ban the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes to retail users starting in January. The decision today from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority came following an investigation into cryptocurrencies that was announced…

NEWS

Vulnerabilities in connected chastity device could allow hackers to lock users in

By Duncan Riley Oct 6, 2020

Security vulnerabilities discovered in a smart internet-connected chastity device could allow hackers to lock users into the device. Discovered and publicized today by security researchers at Pen Test PartnersLLP, the vulnerabilities were found in the Cellmate…

Apps

5G at last? iPhone 12 set to be launched by Apple on Oct. 13

By Duncan Riley Oct 6, 2020

Apple Inc. today announced a new product launch event set for Oct. 13, and it’s expected to launch the iPhone 12. Apple gave few clues in the invite for the event, to be streamed…

NEWS

Cisco ordered to pay $1.89B after losing patent trial against Centripetal Networks

By Duncan Riley Oct 5, 2020

Cisco Systems Inc. was ordered today to pay $1.89 billion after a judge ruled that the networking giant infringed four patents belonging to cybersecurity company Centripetal Networks Inc. The case, bought by Centripetal, alleged that Cisco had…

Cloud

Slack suffers mystery outage that lasted for six hours

By Duncan Riley Oct 5, 2020

Popular workplace collaboration service Slack Technologies Inc. suffered a worldwide outage today that disrupted the service for about six hours. The outage started at about 10 a.m. EDT with some users unable to log…

NEWS

Security pioneer John McAfee arrested in Spain on US tax evasion charges

By Duncan Riley Oct 5, 2020

Security pioneer and cryptocurrency supporter John McAfee has been arrested in Spain after being indicted in the U.S. on multiple counts of tax evasion. McAfee (pictured), 74, founded the McAfee security company, then went…

NEWS

Tenable launches new cybersecurity features for improved protection in the COVID-19 era

By Duncan Riley Oct 5, 2020

Network security company Tenable Inc. today announced a number of new features, including new cloud scanning capabilities and measurement features designed to provide improved cloud security in the COVID-19 era. Frictionless Assessment offers what Tenable says…

Duncan Riley

US government issues warning following uptick in Emotet malware attacks

Thanks to megarounds, venture capital surges to second-highest quarter on record

Customer records stolen in data breach of Asian food delivery service Chowbus

UK to ban all cryptocurrency derivatives starting in January

Vulnerabilities in connected chastity device could allow hackers to lock users in

5G at last? iPhone 12 set to be launched by Apple on Oct. 13

Cisco ordered to pay $1.89B after losing patent trial against Centripetal Networks

Slack suffers mystery outage that lasted for six hours

Security pioneer John McAfee arrested in Spain on US tax evasion charges

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