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

Venture capital remained strong in first quarter but will weaken from COVID-19

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

Venture capital investments in the first quarter of 2020 stayed strong, but with the COVID-19 pandemic causing economic chaos, investment levels are likely to weaken for the rest of the year. That’s according to the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released today. For the quarter ending March …

WordPress sites using WooCommerce targeted by credit card skimmers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

WordPress sites using the popular WooCommerce plugin are being targeted by credit card skimming code, the first time that Magecart-like attacks have been discovered targeting the content management system. Discovered late last week by security researcher Ben Martin at Sucuri, the attacks involve the …

500,000 Zoom accounts found for sale on the dark web

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

The account details of more than 500,000 users of Zoom Video Communications Inc. have been found for sale on the dark web, the shady part of the internet reachable with special software, in the latest security concern surrounding the company. Discovered by …

Login credentials stolen in hack of San Francisco International Airport websites

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY6 YEARS AGO

San Francisco International Airport has been hacked, with data stolen from two subsidiary sites, SFOConstruction.com and SFOConnect.com. The attack occurred last month and involved the theft of login credentials such as usernames and passwords. SFO does not refer to those passwords being encrypted, so …

Google rebrands enterprise Hangouts services as Google Meet and Google Chat

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet are no longer. Google LLC has rebranded the enterprise chat and meeting services in G Suite as Google Chat and Google Meet, amid surging use of them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strangely, Google did not actually announce …

Microsoft Teams books 2.7B meeting minutes in one day amid COVID-19 pandemic

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp.’s Teams has broken a new record during the coronavirus pandemic with 2.7 billion meeting minutes in one day. The figure is said to be an increase of 200% from 900 million meeting minutes on March 16 and is in part …

Report: Travelex paid $2.3M to ransomware attackers to restore its network

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Foreign currency exchange provider Travelex is reported to have paid $2.3 million in bitcoin to restore its network after hackers launched a ransomware attack against the company Dec. 31. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Travelex decided to pay the 285 bitcoin ransom …

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd raises $30M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd Inc. today announced it has raised $30 million in new funding to accelerate the expansion of its platform. The Series D round was led by Rally Ventures and included unnamed new and existing investors. Founded in 2012, BugCrowd connects …

95M records exposed on database belonging to marketing firm Maropost

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A database belonging to marketing automation platform provider Maropost Inc. has been found exposed online, complete with 95 million individual customer email records and email logs. Discovered by researchers at Cybernews, the database included more than 19 million unique email records belonging …

Accenture acquires cybersecurity firm Revolutionary Security

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Accenture plc today said it has acquired the privately held cybersecurity firm Revolutionary Security for an undisclosed price. The company had raised a single round of $2.5 million prior to acquisition. Founded in 2016, Revolutionary Security offers a range of cybersecurity products including risk assessment, …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Venture capital remained strong in first quarter but will weaken from COVID-19

WordPress sites using WooCommerce targeted by credit card skimmers

500,000 Zoom accounts found for sale on the dark web

Login credentials stolen in hack of San Francisco International Airport websites

Google rebrands enterprise Hangouts services as Google Meet and Google Chat

Microsoft Teams books 2.7B meeting minutes in one day amid COVID-19 pandemic

Report: Travelex paid $2.3M to ransomware attackers to restore its network

Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform startup Bugcrowd raises $30M

95M records exposed on database belonging to marketing firm Maropost

Accenture acquires cybersecurity firm Revolutionary Security

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