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

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Clop-linked hackers claim Oracle E-Business Suite data theft in high-stakes extortion push

Threat actors aligned with the Clop ransomware group are claiming to have stolen sensitive data from Oracle Corp.’s E-Business Suite and, though Oracle has yet to confirm a breach, customers are reportedly receiving payment demands not to publish the stolen data. The campaign involving the allegedly stolen data first surfaced in late September, when executives ...

Dash0 lands $35M to expand AI-native observability platform in US and Europe

Artificial intelligence-native observability startup Dash0 Inc. revealed today that it has raised $35 million in new funding to accelerate its expansion in the U.S. and Europe while doubling down on research and development to develop further its AI-native observability platform and Agent0 copilot. Founded in 2023, Dash0 offers an observability platform that aims to reset ...

Vectra AI acquires Netography to boost cloud-native network observability

Threat detection and response firm Vectra AI Inc. today announced that it has acquired Netography Inc., a startup that specializes in cloud-native network observability, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2018, Netography offers cloud-native network observability solutions for hybrid, multicloud and legacy environments. The company’s platform, called Neography Fusion, ingests and analyzes network metadata, such as flow logs, DNS ...

Corsha advances machine identity security with new automation and visibility capabilities

Machine-to-machine communications startup Corsha Inc. today announced new platform innovations that automate machine identity security management to help organizations gain control, scale up securely and reduce operational and cyber risk efficiently. The latest release introduces Dynamic Machine Identity Discovery, Connection Canvas and a new integration with Dragos SiteStore that, together, give security and operational leaders the visibility, ...

Feedzai raises $75M at $2B valuation, secures key role in digital euro fraud prevention

Fraud and financial crime prevention platform company Feedzai Inc. revealed today that it has raised $75 million in new funding on a valuation of more than $2 billion. The company also said it has signed a framework agreement with the European Central Bank to provide the central fraud detection and prevention mechanism for the digital ...

Alation launches Agent Builder to bring enterprise-grade AI agents to structured data

Data intelligence company Alation Inc. today announced the launch of Alation Agent Builder, an artificial intelligence platform that gives enterprises the ability to deliver production-ready agents. The new offering, announced at the company’s annual revAlation user conference, gives organizations the ability to build, manage and deploy metadata-aware, configurable AI agents for structured data that have dramatically higher ...

Exabeam Nova update lets SOC teams measure security maturity against industry peers

Security intelligence and management solutions company Exabeam Inc. today announced new capabilities in the Exabeam Nova Advisor Agent and Outcomes Navigator. The features allow security leaders to compare their security posture anonymously against similar organizations based on configurable parameters like industry, region and company size. The release is designed to help security teams prioritize resources, justify investments, prove ...

Bonterra Que brings agentic AI to nonprofits for smarter fundraising and grant management

Nonprofit technology provider Bonterra LLC today announced the launch of Bonterra Que, a full agentic artificial intelligence platform purpose-built for the “social good sector,” spanning the entire ecosystem of funders, nonprofits and supporters. Que has been designed to be different from generative AI tools by not just analyzing or advising, but also acting and helping ...

Marigold sells enterprise business to Zeta Global in deal worth up to $325M

Marketing technology firm Zeta Global Holdings Corp. announced today that it will acquire the enterprise software business of Marigold in a deal valued at up to $325 million. Under the terms of the deal, Zeta will acquire several enterprise-focused platforms of Marigold, officially named Iris Holding LP. They include Cheetah Digital, Selligent, Sailthru, Liveclicker, Grow and Marigold ...

Fortanix and BigID team up to automate discovery and protection of sensitive data

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced a new integration with data protection firm BigID Inc. that automates discovery, classification and protection of sensitive data. The integration sees Fortanix’s Data Security Manager and BigID’s data discovery and classification capabilities working together to trigger protection actions automatically whenever sensitive data is classified. The result eliminates manual intervention while ...