Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Blockchain

Binance acquires cryptocurrency market tracking service CoinMarketCap

By Duncan Riley Apr 2, 2020

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, today said it has acquired CoinMarketCap, a service that tracks cryptocurrency prices and exchange trading volume. Although the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, it’s reported…

Apps

Facebook launches desktop version of Messenger for Windows and macOS

By Duncan Riley Apr 2, 2020

Facebook Inc. launched a desktop version of Messenger for both Windows and macOS today as millions worldwide flood into videoconferencing services during the coronavirus pandemic. The Messenger app had been previously available only on…

Security

Microsoft SQL servers targeted in newly discovered ‘Vollgar’ hacking campaign

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2020

A newly reported hacking campaign that’s believed to date back to 2018 is targeting Microsoft-SQL servers with data-stealing malware and Monero cryptomining code. Discovered and publicized Wednesday by security researchers at Guardicore Labs, the hacking campaign, dubbed…

Security

SOS Online Backup exposed 135M records via unsecured cloud storage

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2020

Cloud backup provider SOS Online Backup has exposed 135 million records online in the latest case of a company failing to secure its cloud storage. Discovered and reported today by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran…

Cloud

Online workspace startup Notion raises $50M on $2B valuation

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2020

Online workspace startup Notion Labs Inc. said today it has raised $50 million in new funding on a $2 billion valuation in a round led by Index Ventures, giving it a $2 billion valuation.…

Apps

Report: YouTube is planning to launch a rival to TikTok

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2020

Google LLC-owned YouTube is planning to launch a rival service to wildly popular short-form video app TikTok, according to a report today from The Information. YouTube’s rival, reportedly called Shorts, will be featured inside its…

Apps

Coronavirus pandemic will hit the tech startup ecosystem hard but there is hope

By Duncan Riley Apr 1, 2020

Policy advisory and research firm Startup Genome today released a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the startup ecosystem — and though the short-term impact is unsurprisingly not good, there may be…

Security

5.2M customer records stolen in latest hack targeting Marriott hotel group

By Duncan Riley Mar 31, 2020

Marriott International Inc. has suffered yet another data breach, this one involving the theft of personal information on 5.2 million guests. The new data breach was discovered in late February after those behind the data…

Policy

Huawei’s profit growth slows in 2019 amid US trade bans

By Duncan Riley Mar 31, 2020

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. today reported that its profit rose in 2019, but the smartphone maker said its growth rate came in lower than in previous years amid trade bans from the U.S. For the…

Apps

Houseparty offers $1M bounty for information on hacking smear campaign

By Duncan Riley Mar 31, 2020

Videoconference service Houseparty has offered a $1 million bounty to anyone who can provide details of what it says is a smear campaign claiming it has been hacked. In one of the more strange alleged hacking…

Duncan Riley

Binance acquires cryptocurrency market tracking service CoinMarketCap

Facebook launches desktop version of Messenger for Windows and macOS

Microsoft SQL servers targeted in newly discovered ‘Vollgar’ hacking campaign

SOS Online Backup exposed 135M records via unsecured cloud storage

Online workspace startup Notion raises $50M on $2B valuation

Report: YouTube is planning to launch a rival to TikTok

Coronavirus pandemic will hit the tech startup ecosystem hard but there is hope

5.2M customer records stolen in latest hack targeting Marriott hotel group

Huawei’s profit growth slows in 2019 amid US trade bans

Houseparty offers $1M bounty for information on hacking smear campaign

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