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

Infamous ‘Vault 7’ CIA data breach resulted from lax cybersecurity

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The infamous “Vault 7” theft of secret hacking tools and documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 2016 resulted from lax cybersecurity practices at the agency, according to an inquiry in 2017 that has only now been partially published. Information and …

AWS mitigated a record-breaking 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack in February

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. today revealed that it managed to mitigate a 2.3 terabytes-per-second distributed denial-of-service attack in February, the largest DDoS attack ever recorded. Detailed in the AWS Shield Threat Landscape Report- Q1 2020, the attack lasted three days, with those behind …

Uber starts offering its booking software to public transport providers

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. is moving into software, signing its first deal to provide its booking technology to a Californian public transport provider. Under the deal, signed today with Marin County on a software-as-a-service basis, the county north of San Francisco will use …

AI-powered financial technology startup Pagaya raises $102M

AI By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Artificial intelligence financial technology startup Pagaya Technologies Ltd. revealed today that it has raised $102 million in new funding partly to move into new asset classes. The Series D round was led by GIC and included Aflac Global Ventures, Poalim Capital Markets, Viola, Oak …

‘Ripple20’ vulnerabilities expose hundreds of millions of IoT devices to hacking

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

A series of newly discovered vulnerabilities in “internet of things” devices opens the door to hackers to gain access to both consumer and enterprise devices. That’s according to a new report by security researchers at JSOF. The vulnerabilities, dubbed Ripple20, total 19 and relate to …

Dubious celebrity-endorsed initial coin offering founder pleads guilty to securities fraud

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The founder of a company that raised $32 million in an illegal initial coin offering has pleaded guilty to committing securities and wire fraud. Centra Tech launched in 2017 with a veritable checklist of blockchain-related products, including a cryptocurrency wallet, a linked payment …

Electronics maker Bose shuts down its augmented reality program

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

High-end electronics company Bose Corp. is abandoning its augmented reality program 18 months after it launched glasses that use audio for interactive service delivery. Bose’s “Frames,” launched in December 2018 were described at the time as the “world’s first audio augmented reality platform.” The glasses …

Deloitte launches Salesforce-based health transformation platform for the COVID-19 era

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. today launched a new public health transformation platform built on Salesforce that’s designed to help state and local governments modernize public health infrastructure in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic. Called GovConnect, the platform is designed to help …

Australian enterprise cybersecurity firm Kasada raises $10M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Australian enterprise cybersecurity firm Kasada Pty Ltd. announced today it has raised $10 million in new funding to fuel its expansion into the U.S., develop new products and build out its sales and marketing team. The Series B round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures and …

New $113M venture capital fund to invest in blockchain for emerging markets

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

A new venture capital fund has been established with an aim to raise €100 million ($113 million) to invest in blockchain startups. Called Meta Change Capital, the fund was established by Nikola Stojanow, co-founder of æternity blockchain and the creator of AE Ventures …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Infamous ‘Vault 7’ CIA data breach resulted from lax cybersecurity

AWS mitigated a record-breaking 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack in February

Uber starts offering its booking software to public transport providers

AI-powered financial technology startup Pagaya raises $102M

‘Ripple20’ vulnerabilities expose hundreds of millions of IoT devices to hacking

Dubious celebrity-endorsed initial coin offering founder pleads guilty to securities fraud

Electronics maker Bose shuts down its augmented reality program

Australian enterprise cybersecurity firm Kasada raises $10M

New $113M venture capital fund to invest in blockchain for emerging markets

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