Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Twitter hackers were caught after sending bitcoin to verified Coinbase accounts

By Duncan Riley Aug 2, 2020

Following the arrest of three people in relation to the hacking of Twitter Inc. on Friday, more details have emerged as to how the trio were tracked down and how they managed to gain…

Apps

Uncertainty surrounds TikTok as Microsoft talks to Trump about potential acquisition

By Duncan Riley Aug 2, 2020

Uncertainty surrounds the future of Chinese-owned social video app TikTok today following an 11th-hour bid by Microsoft Corp. to acquire the company’s U.S. arm ahead of a possible ban on the app from the Trump…

NEWS

North Korean hackers target defense and aerospace industry in ‘Operation North Star’

By Duncan Riley Jul 30, 2020

North Korean hackers are expanding their efforts to break into U.S. defense and aerospace companies in a series of attacks dubbed “Operation North Star.” Detailed Wednesday by researchers at McAfee Advanced Threat Research, the operation involves…

NEWS

OkCupid security flaws could have allowed hackers to compromise dating accounts

By Duncan Riley Jul 30, 2020

IAC/Interactivecorp-owned dating service OkCupid has fixed security flaws in its website and apps that could have allowed hackers to access personal data and private messages of the service’s 50 million users. The vulnerabilities were…

NEWS

Mimecast acquires MessageControl to increase its email protection services

By Duncan Riley Jul 30, 2020

Email security provider Mimecast Ltd. said today it has acquired eTorch Inc., the owners of MessageControl, a messaging security provider that offers solutions to stop social engineering and human activity attacks, for an undisclosed…

Cloud

Atlassian shares plunge on weaker guidance

By Duncan Riley Jul 30, 2020

Shares in enterprise productivity software company Atlassian Corp. Plc. plunged in after-hours trading on weaker-than-expected guidance today despite the company beating market predictions in its quarterly earnings report. For its fourth quarter ended June…

Emerging Tech

Plurilock lands DHS contract to develop its machine-to-machine authentication tools

By Duncan Riley Jul 30, 2020

Authentication technology startup Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. today announced it has landed a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to do further development on its advanced machine-to-machine authentication and anomaly detection tools. The contract,…

Emerging Tech

27-month sentence sought for former Uber exec Levandowski for trade secret theft

By Duncan Riley Jul 29, 2020

Prosecutors are seeking a 27-month sentence for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber Technologies Inc.’s autonomous vehicle unit, after he plead guilty in March to stealing trade secrets from Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car…

NEWS

Newly discovered Linux and Windows vulnerability opens the door to hackers

By Duncan Riley Jul 29, 2020

A newly discovered serious vulnerability that affects most Linux and Windows installations, including servers, opens the door to hackers to run riot. Discovered by security researchers at enterprise device security firm Eclypsium Inc. and revealed today,…

NEWS

CyberArk launches open-source Shadow Admin identification tool for Azure and AWS

By Duncan Riley Jul 29, 2020

Cybersecurity company CyberArk Software Ltd. today launched a new open-source tool designed to identify Shadow Admin accounts in Microsoft Corp. Azure and Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud environments. Called CyberArk SkyArk, the tool is designed…

Duncan Riley

Twitter hackers were caught after sending bitcoin to verified Coinbase accounts

Uncertainty surrounds TikTok as Microsoft talks to Trump about potential acquisition

North Korean hackers target defense and aerospace industry in ‘Operation North Star’

OkCupid security flaws could have allowed hackers to compromise dating accounts

Mimecast acquires MessageControl to increase its email protection services

Atlassian shares plunge on weaker guidance

Plurilock lands DHS contract to develop its machine-to-machine authentication tools

27-month sentence sought for former Uber exec Levandowski for trade secret theft

Newly discovered Linux and Windows vulnerability opens the door to hackers

CyberArk launches open-source Shadow Admin identification tool for Azure and AWS

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