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

Employee management software startup Rippling raises $145M on unicorn valuation

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Employee management software startup Rippling today said it has raised $145 million in new funding on a valuation of $1.35 billion, giving it unicorn status for the first time. The new funding will be used to shore up the company’s cash position as …

Tanium offers new cybersecurity service through partnership with Google Cloud

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity software provider Tanium Inc. today announced an expanded cybersecurity partnership with Google Cloud to help organizations accelerate the transformation to distributed business operations. Through the partnership, Tanium is offering a new service designed to assist enterprises to detect, investigate and scope advanced, long-lived …

Looking to drive sales of Nest devices, Google invests $450M in security firm ADT

IOT By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Google LLC is investing $450 million into security company ADT Inc. in return for a 6.6% stake and a deal to drive sales of its Nest devices. ADT is one of the world’s oldest security companies, established in 1874, and is best …

Garmin reportedly paid off hackers following a ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

GPS and wearables company Garmin Ltd. is reported to be the latest company to pay a ransom following a ransomware attack in a trend that some security experts say only encourages more attacks. News that Garmin was suffering from a ransomware attack …

Travel management company CWT hands over $4.5M following ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Business travel management company CWT Global B.V. is the latest company to pay a ransom demand following a ransomware attack. According to report Friday by Reuters, the company paid $4.5 million to those behind the ransomware after the attack knocked some 30,000 of the company’s …

Twitter hackers were caught after sending bitcoin to verified Coinbase accounts

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 access to Twitter. The mastermind of the hack …

Uncertainty surrounds TikTok as Microsoft talks to Trump about potential acquisition

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 administration. Reports that TikTok could be sold to …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 the use of a series of malicious documents …

OkCupid security flaws could have allowed hackers to compromise dating accounts

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 found and revealed Wednesday by security researchers at Check …

Mimecast acquires MessageControl to increase its email protection services

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

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 price. Founded in 2015, MessageControl uses artificial intelligence …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Tanium offers new cybersecurity service through partnership with Google Cloud

Looking to drive sales of Nest devices, Google invests $450M in security firm ADT

Garmin reportedly paid off hackers following a ransomware attack

Travel management company CWT hands over $4.5M following ransomware attack

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

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