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

Furniture maker Steelcase shut down for two weeks following ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

A recent ransomware attack targeting furniture maker Steelcase Inc. caused the company to shut down operations for two weeks, according to information the company submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the SEC filing today, Steelcase said it detected a cyberattack on …

IPO party: Airbnb, DoorDash, Roblox, Wish and Affirm all line up for December offerings

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

December is shaping up to be a busy month for tech-related initial public offerings, with Airbnb Inc. likely to be joined by DoorDash Inc., Roblox, Wish and Affirm according to reports today. Airbnb was reported to be releasing its IPO details for a …

PayPal now offering cryptocurrency services to all eligible US account holders

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

PayPal Holdings Inc. is now offering cryptocurrency services to all eligible account holders in the U.S. after announcing a soft launch of the service Oct. 21. The service allows users to buy, hold and sell for bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin …

5.8M records from hotel company RedDoorz offered for sale on the dark web

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Some 5.8 million customer records stolen from Singapore-based hotel company RedDoorz have been found for sale on the dark web following the company being hacked in September. RedDoorz, formally named Commeasure Pte. Ltd., which offers hotels across Southeast Asia, disclosed the hack Sept. 28. It …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 legitimate uses as a security tool to test …

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

AI By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 yet confirmed the reports. Founded in 2017, Voca.ai …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 pressure one of its victims into paying. The …

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

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 included Coatue, DFJ Growth, Accel, Northzone, Salesforce Ventures …

Lyft shares rise on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 the quarter ended Sept. 30, Lyft reported revenue …

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

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 in 2016 before he was fired in June …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Furniture maker Steelcase shut down for two weeks following ransomware attack

IPO party: Airbnb, DoorDash, Roblox, Wish and Affirm all line up for December offerings

PayPal now offering cryptocurrency services to all eligible US account holders

5.8M records from hotel company RedDoorz offered for sale on the dark web

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

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