Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Amazon reportedly developing hand-scanning payment technology

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. is reported to be developing point of sale terminals that would accept a scan of a user’s hand to make a payment, according to The Wall Street Journal. The POS terminals would be placed…

Security

Internet Explorer vulnerability under attack, but a fix is weeks away

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2020

A new vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer is being exploited in the wild, but though Microsoft Corp. is promising a fix, it may be weeks away. The vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft Friday and was…

Apps

Instagram removes access button for poorly performing IGTV video service

By Duncan Riley Jan 19, 2020

Facebook Inc.- owned Instagram may be slowly backing away from its IGTV video service, removing the main access button for the service from the Instagram app. Launched in June 2018, IGTV initially differentiated itself from YouTube by…

Cloud

Andreessen Horowitz leads $30M round into strategy management startup WorkBoard

By Duncan Riley Jan 16, 2020

Strategy management startup WorkBoard Inc. today said it has raised $30 million in new funding to boost marketing efforts, partnerships and development of core technology in areas such as data visualization and machine learning. The Series C…

Security

FBI announces new policy to notify election officials of cyber intrusions

By Duncan Riley Jan 16, 2020

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced a new policy in which they will now notify state and local officials of cyber intrusions that affect election infrastructure. By infrastructure, the FBI means electronic…

Blockchain

Bitcoin rises as cryptocurrency has its best January since 2012

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2020

Bitcoin has continued its strong form this month, teasing $9,000 briefly in its best January since 2012, despite an apparent easing of Middle East tensions that were previously attributed to its increasing price. Bitcoin is…

Security

Customer data stolen in hack of Western Australia’s P&N Bank

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2020

P&N Bank, a community-owned bank serving Western Australia, has suffered a data breach with customer data stolen. The hack took place Dec. 12 during a server upgrade on an outside hosting service. The data…

Apps

Android ‘fleeceware’ apps designed to charge users even after they’re uninstalled

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2020

A new report has found that more than 600 million users installed apps from the Google Play store that are designed to make charges to a user’s account after a trial period even if they’ve…

Security

Google enables iPhones and iPads to act as security keys

By Duncan Riley Jan 15, 2020

Google LLC today extended its log-in authentication service to iOS, allowing iPhone and iPad users to sign into accounts using Google security keys for two-factor authentication. The service was first rolled out to Android…

Security

Equifax settles class action lawsuit over 2017 hack for $380.5M

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2020

The long-running saga that followed the historic 2017 hack of credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. is nearing its end as a court in Georgia ruled Monday that the company will pay $380.5 million to…

Duncan Riley

Amazon reportedly developing hand-scanning payment technology

Internet Explorer vulnerability under attack, but a fix is weeks away

Instagram removes access button for poorly performing IGTV video service

FBI announces new policy to notify election officials of cyber intrusions

Bitcoin rises as cryptocurrency has its best January since 2012

Customer data stolen in hack of Western Australia’s P&N Bank

Android ‘fleeceware’ apps designed to charge users even after they’re uninstalled

Google enables iPhones and iPads to act as security keys

Equifax settles class action lawsuit over 2017 hack for $380.5M

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