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

New version of RansomEXX ransomware targets Linux systems

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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, the Linux build of RansomEXX is described as …

10M+ hotel reservations found exposed on misconfigured cloud storage

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 found exposed on a misconfigured Amazon Web Services …

Samsung surpasses Apple to top third-quarter US smartphone sales

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 The Korea Herald, has Samsung accounting for 33.7% …

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

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 Trade Commission. Zoom has been a standout company …

Italian drinks maker Campari hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Operations at Italian drinks maker Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A., best known simply as Campari, were knocked offline last week following a ransomware attack. The attack, officially described by the company as a malware attack, was detected Nov. 2 and caused the encryption of certain …

Japanese video game developer Capcom targeted in cyberattack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Japanese video game developer Capcom Co. Ltd. has suffered a cyberattack that enabled unknown hackers to gain access to its internal emails and file servers. The attack, discovered Nov. 2, is described only as “due to unauthorized access carried out by a third …

Report: FTC antitrust lawsuit against Facebook could come this month

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The long-anticipated antirust lawsuit from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against Facebook Inc. could come before the end of November, according to a new report from Politico. Friday’s report, citing three people familiar with the matter, says the FTC has decided to handle …

Report: Airbnb could release details next week for a December IPO

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Airbnb Inc. is planning to make its initial public offering registration public as early as next week ahead of a float in December, according to a report today from Reuters. Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters says Airbnb is planning to kick off …

Feds seize $1B in bitcoin linked to defunct dark web marketplace Silk Road

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized more than $1 billion in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies linked to defunct dark web marketplace Silk Road seven years after it shut the site down and arrested its founder. The Silk Road funds, totaling 69,370 bitcoin …

Shares in Square surge after it smashes revenue and earnings estimates

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Shares in Square Inc. surged in after-hours trading after the financial services provider smashed revenue and earnings in its third fiscal quarter. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Square’s revenue jumped 140%, to $3.03 billion, from a year ago. Analysts had been …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

Italian drinks maker Campari hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware attack

Japanese video game developer Capcom targeted in cyberattack

Report: FTC antitrust lawsuit against Facebook could come this month

Report: Airbnb could release details next week for a December IPO

Feds seize $1B in bitcoin linked to defunct dark web marketplace Silk Road

Shares in Square surge after it smashes revenue and earnings estimates

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