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

Security firms offer free ransomware help to healthcare providers during coronavirus pandemic

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

With hackers targeting hospitals and other medical service providers during the global coronavirus pandemic, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. Cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has teamed with incident response company Coveware Inc. to offer free assistance to hospitals and other healthcare providers …

Self-driving car companies suspend testing on coronavirus concerns

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Major self-driving car companies have suspended their testing programs, citing coronavirus contagion fears. Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo was the first company to suspend testing, also stopping its taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, for vehicles that require a support driver. Notably, the company’s fully …

Blender maker NutriBullet targeted in credit card-stealing Magecart attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

NutriBullet LLC, the maker of a popular high-priced blender, have been targeted in a number of Magecart attacks, with customer data stolen at the point of sale. The attacks, attributed to MageCart Group 8, were discovered and publicized today by security researchers at …

Square gains FDIC conditional approval for a banking license

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Payments startup Square Inc. is set to provide banking services after getting conditional approval for a banking license by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Square was granted an “Industrial Loan Company” license, a form of de novo banking license that the FDIC provides …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 vpnMentor and publicized Tuesday. It’s believed to be …

Uber and Lyft suspend carpool services on coronavirus contagion concerns

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 Pool carpooling service in the U.S., Canada, London …

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

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 Inc., Google LLC and a wide array of …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 several unnamed Fortune 500 companies among its customers. …

Ransomware targets hospitals and medical providers during coronavirus pandemic

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 Czech Republic were targeted with ransomware disrupting services …

Remote workers targeted with coronavirus phishing campaigns and malware

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 by security researchers at Mimecast Threat Intelligence, hackers …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Security firms offer free ransomware help to healthcare providers during coronavirus pandemic

Self-driving car companies suspend testing on coronavirus concerns

Blender maker NutriBullet targeted in credit card-stealing Magecart attack

Square gains FDIC conditional approval for a banking license

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

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