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

Regulator grants approval for federal banks to hold cryptocurrency

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

In a surprising move, the U.S. banking regulator has given approval to banks to hold cryptocurrency, a decision that could shake up a market currently dominated by cryptocurrency-only firms and startups. The decision from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, …

Report: Nvidia in talks with SoftBank to acquire Arm

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Nvidia Corp. has shown interest in acquiring Arm Holdings Ltd. from owner SoftBank Group Corp. Bloomberg reported early talks today between the graphics chipmakers and SoftBank, which acquired Arm for $31.4 billion in 2016 was reported July 13 to be exploring the possibility of selling …

Two Chinese nationals indicted over alleged global computer intrusion campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Two hackers allegedly working for the Chinese government have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that they were involved in global computer intrusion campaign over the last 10 years. Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, are accused …

Family Tree Maker exposes records online via unsecured Elasticsearch database

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Another day, another data breach involving misconfigured and unsecured cloud storage, and today’s episode involves Family Tree Maker, a genealogy service from The Software MacKeiv Co. Discovered by security researchers at WizCase, which published its findings Monday, the data was found on …

Fortinet snaps up OPAQ Networks to build out its security offering

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Network security solutions firm Fortinet Inc. today announced it has acquired security as a service startup OPAQ Networks Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2017, OPAQ offers networking and security services with a platform that provides a cloud-based Secure Access Service …

1M e-learning student records found exposed on misconfigured cloud storage

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Nearly 1 million records related to students across several e-learning websites have been found exposed online in the latest cases of misconfigured cloud storage. Discovered by security researchers at Wizcase and revealed July 18, the data was found in exposed Amazon Web …

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi planning IPO as Tesla rival Xpeng raises $500M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Showing China’s growing presence in car-related tech ventures, Chinese ride-hailing giant and Uber Technologies Inc. rival Didi Chuxing Technology Co. is planning an initial public offering, and emerging Tesla Inc. rival Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology Co. Ltd., better known as Xpeng, has …

New Uber service gives public health officials COVID-19 contact tracing data

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. has quietly launched a new service that gives public health officials access to data on drivers and riders who have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19. According to Reuters today, the new service includes a website page for the …

Coinbase prevents 1,000+ customers from sending bitcoin to Twitter hackers

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

An unexpected hero has emerged from the hack of high-profile accounts on Twitter last week: Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. said today it prevented more than 1,000 customers from sending bitcoin to accounts operated by those behind the hack. In the hack of …

Data stolen in ransomware attack on French telco Orange

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

French telecommunications company Orange S.A. has been targeted by a ransomware attack with data stolen. First reported July 16 by Bleeping Computer, the ransomware attack targeted Orange’s Business Services division, which offers enterprise solutions such as remote support, virtual workstations, system security, cloud …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Regulator grants approval for federal banks to hold cryptocurrency

Report: Nvidia in talks with SoftBank to acquire Arm

Two Chinese nationals indicted over alleged global computer intrusion campaign

Family Tree Maker exposes records online via unsecured Elasticsearch database

Fortinet snaps up OPAQ Networks to build out its security offering

1M e-learning student records found exposed on misconfigured cloud storage

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi planning IPO as Tesla rival Xpeng raises $500M

New Uber service gives public health officials COVID-19 contact tracing data

Coinbase prevents 1,000+ customers from sending bitcoin to Twitter hackers

Data stolen in ransomware attack on French telco Orange

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