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

2,000+ WordPress sites hacked in new scam campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

At least 2,000 WordPress sites have been hacked as part of a new campaign that redirects visitors to scam websites. Uncovered Tuesday by security researchers at Sucuri Inc., the hack exploits vulnerabilities in various third-party plugins, including Simple Fields and the CP Contract Form …

Cloud identity authorization startup CloudKnox raises $12M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Cloud identity authorization startup CloudKnox Security Inc. said today it has raised $12 million in new funding to accelerate its product and sales plans. The round was led by Sorenson Ventures and included ClearSky Security, Dell Technologies Capital and Foundation Capital. Joining the board will be …

DHS issues warning over hackable GE Healthcare patient monitoring devices

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an alert today relating to a range of vulnerabilities found in GE Healthcare patient monitoring devices. The vulnerabilities, discovered by researchers at CyberMDX Technologies Inc. and dubbed MDhex, affect a range of …

Cybersecurity firm founder pleads guilty to organizing a DDoS attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The founder and previous owner of a cybersecurity firm has confessed in court to hiring hackers to carry out a distributed denial-of-service attack. Tucker Preston, 22, from Macon, Georgia, the previous owner of BackConnect Inc., a company that claims to be “the new …

Microsoft exposes 250M customer service records via misconfigured Elasticsearch database

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today disclosed a data breach that exposed 250 million customer records via a misconfigured Elasticsearch database. As is somewhat typical with these exposures, the database was exposed because the settings on the Elasticsearch database were set to “public.” The data was …

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus users will have their default search engine set to Bing

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. is making its search engine Bing the default search engine for Office 365 ProPlus customers who use Chrome, at least according to a Microsoft support document. “Starting with Version 2002 of Office 365 ProPlus, an extension for Microsoft Search in Bing will …

Aeris and Volkswagen form new joint venture to develop connected-car technology

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

“Internet of things” solutions firm Aeris Communications Inc. today teamed up with Volkswagen Group of America to form Ventic LLC, a new joint venture to develop connected vehicle platform technologies. The joint venture, 51% owned by VW and 49% owned by Aeris, will focus …

BitPay adds merchant and wallet support for XRP cryptocurrency

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin payment solutions startup BitPay Inc. said today it has added support for XRP, allowing merchants to accept Ripple Labs Inc.’s cryptocurrency as a form of online payment. The support for XRP comes via a partnership between BitPay and Xpring, Ripple’s investment …

FireEye acquires cloud visibility firm Cloudvisory to boost security operations

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. said today it has acquired privately held cloud continual visibility firm Cloudvisory LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2013, Cloudvisory offers a platform that provides continuous visibility, compliance and security policy governance solutions for cloud, hybrid cloud and multicloud environments. …

Uber experiment lets some drivers set their own rates in California

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

In response to California’s new gig-economy law, Uber Technologies Inc. is experimenting with a new feature that allows some drivers to set their fares in the state. The experiment allows drivers who pick up passengers from airports in Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

2,000+ WordPress sites hacked in new scam campaign

Cloud identity authorization startup CloudKnox raises $12M

DHS issues warning over hackable GE Healthcare patient monitoring devices

Cybersecurity firm founder pleads guilty to organizing a DDoS attack

Microsoft exposes 250M customer service records via misconfigured Elasticsearch database

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus users will have their default search engine set to Bing

Aeris and Volkswagen form new joint venture to develop connected-car technology

BitPay adds merchant and wallet support for XRP cryptocurrency

FireEye acquires cloud visibility firm Cloudvisory to boost security operations

Uber experiment lets some drivers set their own rates in California

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