Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Card data stolen in point-of-sale hack of Rutter’s stores and gas stations

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2020

CHR Corp. a company that owns the Rutter’s chain of convenience stores in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland, is the latest victim of a point-of-sale hacking as customer payment card details were stolen from…

Apps

Coronavirus fears prompt Facebook to cancel conference, IBM to exit RSA

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2020

Tech conferences continue to suffer from concerns about the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, now called COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, as an additional conference was canceled and another lost a key participant.…

Policy

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook should be treated differently from media companies

By Duncan Riley Feb 16, 2020

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told a conference in Germany Saturday that he believes online content should be regulated but Facebook itself should sit somewhere between a telecommunications company and a traditional…

Security

Puerto Rico government loses $2.6M in phishing scam

By Duncan Riley Feb 13, 2020

The government of Puerto Rico has lost $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam. According to an Associated Press report Wednesday, the scam targeted the government-owned Industrial Development Co. Those behind the attack…

Emerging Tech

Uber testing telephone call booking service in Arizona

By Duncan Riley Feb 13, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. is running a trial for a new service in Arizona that allows users to book an Uber vehicle by making a telephone call. Designed “with older adults in mind,” those wanting…

Blockchain

Cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFi raises $30M to expand product offerings

By Duncan Riley Feb 13, 2020

Cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFi Lending LLC said today it has raised $30 million in new funding to hire more people and expand its current range of product offerings. The Series B round was led by Valar Ventures and…

Cloud

Data warehouse virtualization startup Datometry raises $17M

By Duncan Riley Feb 13, 2020

Data warehouse virtualization startup Datometry Inc. today said it has raised $17 million in new funding to accelerate go-to-market activities with its partners Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services Inc. and Google Cloud Platform as well…

Security

Google to require Nest users to use two-factor authentication for enhanced security

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2020

Google LLC will start requiring users of its Nest smart home devices to use two-factor authentication in a move the company describes as providing more protection for Nest accounts. The introduction of compulsory 2FA will start…

Security

Antivirus firm Avast under investigation for selling users’ browser histories

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2020

Antivirus firm Avast Software s.r.o., the owner of popular free products such as AVG and Avast Antivirus, is under investigation in its home country, the Czech Republic, for allegedly selling the browser history of its users to…

Apps

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp passes 2B users

By Duncan Riley Feb 12, 2020

Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp has passed 2 billion users, becoming the third app to pass the mark after the Facebook app and the YouTube app. To put the number in perspective, there are…

Duncan Riley

Card data stolen in point-of-sale hack of Rutter’s stores and gas stations

Coronavirus fears prompt Facebook to cancel conference, IBM to exit RSA

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook should be treated differently from media companies

Puerto Rico government loses $2.6M in phishing scam

Uber testing telephone call booking service in Arizona

Cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFi raises $30M to expand product offerings

Data warehouse virtualization startup Datometry raises $17M

Google to require Nest users to use two-factor authentication for enhanced security

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp passes 2B users

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