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

Federal Trade Commission and states file antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with the support of 46 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, have finally filed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook Inc. alleging that the social media giant undertook a multiyear course of unlawful conduct. The lawsuit, more than …

Foxconn plant in Mexico struck in DoppelPaymer ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, has been struck by a ransomware attack that briefly caused issues at its production facilities in Mexico and resulted in data stolen. First reported Monday by Bleeping Computer, the ransomware attack occurred over the Thanksgiving …

As Galaxy S21 teaser trailer leaks, Samsung expected to launch new phones in January

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is planning to announce its latest range of flagship smartphones in the new year as a teaser trailer for the devices leaked online. The date hasn’t been officially announced, but Android Police, referencing unnamed sources, said the next Samsung …

Researchers find 33 vulnerabilities present in millions of connected devices

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Security researchers have discovered 33 vulnerabilities in four open-source libraries used by millions of connected devices that make them vulnerable to hacking. Detailed today by researchers at Forescout Technologies Inc., the vulnerabilities, dubbed “Amnesia:33,” affect source TCP-IP stacks uIP, FNET, picoTCP and Nut/Net. The …

Suspected state-sponsored attackers hack FireEye and steal security testing tools

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. has been hacked, as security testing tools were stolen by what the company believes were state-sponsored attackers. Those behind the attack, who are also described as “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” are said to be “highly trained in operational …

Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security raises $55M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security Ltd. announced today it has raised $55 million in new funding to expand its cloud security and compliance capabilities, hire more people open new sales offices in the U.K. and Australia. The Series B round was led by ICONIQ …

Shares in payments software company Coupa rise on strong earnings

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Shares of Coupa Software Inc. rose in after-hours trading today after the payments software firm beat expectations in its quarterly earnings report. For the quarter ending Oct. 31, Coupa reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of revenue of $11.6 million, or 18 cents …

Smartsheet shares surge on better-than-expected quarterly earnings

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Shares in work management platform provider Smartsheet Inc. surged in after-hours trading today after the company smashed analyst predictions in its quarterly earnings report. For the quarter ended Oct. 31, Smartsheet reported revenue rose 38% over a year ago, to $98.9 million. Its …

Uber sells its autonomous vehicle unit to Amazon-backed Aurora in $4B deal

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Developing self-driving autonomous vehicles is hard. In the late 2000s, multiple companies came on to the scene promising to develop technology that would negate the need for an actual driver and some expected by 2020 that self-driving cars would be a regular …

Abra launches new marketplace with support for 650+ cryptocurrency assets

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Crypto investment firm Abra Inc. today launched a new global cryptocurrency marketplace designed to enable consumers to compare prices and purchase more than 650 crypto assets from one place. The company was founded in 2014 as a peer-to-peer blockchain remittance service but in …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Federal Trade Commission and states file antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

Foxconn plant in Mexico struck in DoppelPaymer ransomware attack

As Galaxy S21 teaser trailer leaks, Samsung expected to launch new phones in January

Researchers find 33 vulnerabilities present in millions of connected devices

Suspected state-sponsored attackers hack FireEye and steal security testing tools

Israeli cloud cybersecurity startup Orca Security raises $55M

Shares in payments software company Coupa rise on strong earnings

Uber sells its autonomous vehicle unit to Amazon-backed Aurora in $4B deal

Abra launches new marketplace with support for 650+ cryptocurrency assets

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