Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

425GB of data linked to MCA Wizard app found exposed on unsecured database

By Duncan Riley Mar 17, 2020

A large amount of confidential data relating to two financial companies has been found exposed online in the latest case of a failure to secure a cloud-hosted database. The exposure was discovered by security researchers at…

Emerging Tech

Uber and Lyft suspend carpool services on coronavirus contagion concerns

By Duncan Riley Mar 17, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic is hitting ride-hailing firms hard as both Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have been forced to suspend some services in North America and Europe. Uber has suspended its Uber…

Policy

US talks to tech firms about employing user data to track spread of COVID-19

By Duncan Riley Mar 17, 2020

The U.S. government is in discussions with tech companies on how they could use geolocation data from users to combat the current COVID-19 global pandemic. According to The Washington Post, the discussions include Facebook…

Security

Network security startup Axis Security emerges from stealth with $17M in funding

By Duncan Riley Mar 17, 2020

Network security startup Axis Security has launched out of stealth mode with $17 million in funding from Cyberstarts, Alex Doll of Ten Eleven Ventures and Gili Raanan, a partner at Sequoia Capital. Fifteen-month-old Axis Security claims…

Security

Ransomware targets hospitals and medical providers during coronavirus pandemic

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2020

Hacking groups are targeting hospitals and medical service providers with ransomware attacks as many struggle with the coronavirus pandemic. In the last week, a health service district in Illinois and a hospital in the…

Security

Remote workers targeted with coronavirus phishing campaigns and malware

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2020

With millions of people worldwide being asked to work from home due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, scammers are targeting remote workers with phishing campaigns and malware. In one phishing campaign detailed…

Blockchain

Digital assets startup Bakkt raises $300M in new funding

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2020

Digital asset startup Bakkt LLC, the brainchild of New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc. said today it has raised $300 million in new funding at a time cryptocurrency markets are tanking on coronavirus…

Apps

Windows 10 finally passes 1B active installations

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2020

Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 10 operating system has finally passed the 1 billion active devices mark four years and eight months after its launch. “Today we’re delighted to announce that over 1 billion people have chosen…

Apps

Blisk web developer browser exposes user data via misconfigured database

By Duncan Riley Mar 15, 2020

The Chromium-based Blisk browser for web developers has suffered a data leak, with the records of 2.9 million users exposed via a misconfigured online database. Discovered late last week by security researchers at vpnMentor, the data was exposed…

Apps

Amazon reports supply shortages from coronavirus panic buying

By Duncan Riley Mar 15, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. is reporting supply shortages of household goods because of panic buying caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. In a blog post directed at customers, Amazon said that “you will notice that we…

Duncan Riley

Uber and Lyft suspend carpool services on coronavirus contagion concerns

US talks to tech firms about employing user data to track spread of COVID-19

Network security startup Axis Security emerges from stealth with $17M in funding

Ransomware targets hospitals and medical providers during coronavirus pandemic

Remote workers targeted with coronavirus phishing campaigns and malware

Digital assets startup Bakkt raises $300M in new funding

Windows 10 finally passes 1B active installations

Blisk web developer browser exposes user data via misconfigured database

Amazon reports supply shortages from coronavirus panic buying

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