Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Uber and Postmates sue California over law to limit how they hire gig-economy contractors

By Duncan Riley Dec 30, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc., Postmates Inc. and two drivers have filed a lawsuit against the State of California against a law set to go into effect Jan. 1 that limits how they can hire gig-economy…

Security

Microsoft seizes domain names used by alleged North Korean hacking group

By Duncan Riley Dec 30, 2019

Microsoft Corp. has successfully seized 50 domain names being used by a suspected North Korean hacking group as part of a broader campaign against cybercrime. The hacking group, dubbed “Thallium,” is alleged to have…

Security

Ring sued by man claiming the company failed to deliver on security

By Duncan Riley Dec 29, 2019

Connected internet device maker Ring LLC has been sued by a man claiming that his internet-connected camera was hacked and used to harass his children. The litigant, John Baker Orange, filed in the United…

Emerging Tech

Uber obtains approval from Egypt to proceed with Careem acquisition

By Duncan Riley Dec 29, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. has been given approval by Egypt’s Competition Authority to acquire Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem Networks FZ some nine months after the deal was announced. Careem operates in 120 cities across North Africa,…

Security

Wyze exposes 2.4M customer records via unsecured Elasticsearch database

By Duncan Riley Dec 29, 2019

Internet-connected device maker Wyze Labs Inc. has suffered a data breach, though the company claims there’s no evidence the data was accessed by any nefarious third parties. The data breach, first detailed by 12 Security…

Blockchain

YouTube purges thousands of cryptocurrency videos before claiming deletions were ‘in error’

By Duncan Riley Dec 26, 2019

Google LLC’s YouTube has deleted thousands of bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related videos in an apparent purge but in a backflip is now claiming that the deletions were “in error.” The purge started just before Christmas and primarily…

Security

‘Ambitious’ PayPal phishing scam seeks to steal more than login credentials

By Duncan Riley Dec 24, 2019

A newly discovered PayPal Inc. phishing scam is not only targeting login credentials but also personally identifiable information and payment card data. Discovered and publicized Dec. 20 by security researchers at ESET spol s.r.o., the phishing…

Security

Chinese hacking group has found new way to bypass two-factor authentication

By Duncan Riley Dec 24, 2019

A group with alleged links to the Chinese government has been accused of hacking networks worldwide, but in a rare twist it’s said to be bypassing two-factor authentication in the process. The hack was detailed late…

Blockchain

Hedera Hashgraph delays token distribution to counter price decline

By Duncan Riley Dec 24, 2019

Distributed ledger technology firm Hedera Hashgraph LLC has delayed issuing tokens to investors sold in an initial coin offering in an effort to stabilize the price of the tokens as they continue to drop in value.…

Security

Researcher matches 17M phone numbers to Twitter accounts by exploiting upload flaw

By Duncan Riley Dec 24, 2019

A flaw in the Android app for Twitter Inc. has been exploited by a security researcher to match 17 million phone numbers to user accounts in the latest privacy breach involving the microblogging service.…

Duncan Riley

Uber and Postmates sue California over law to limit how they hire gig-economy contractors

Microsoft seizes domain names used by alleged North Korean hacking group

Ring sued by man claiming the company failed to deliver on security

Uber obtains approval from Egypt to proceed with Careem acquisition

Wyze exposes 2.4M customer records via unsecured Elasticsearch database

YouTube purges thousands of cryptocurrency videos before claiming deletions were ‘in error’

‘Ambitious’ PayPal phishing scam seeks to steal more than login credentials

Chinese hacking group has found new way to bypass two-factor authentication

Hedera Hashgraph delays token distribution to counter price decline

Researcher matches 17M phone numbers to Twitter accounts by exploiting upload flaw

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