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

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 stolen included customer names and ages, residential addresses, …

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

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 uninstalled the app. Dubbed “fleeceware” by security researchers …

Google enables iPhones and iPads to act as security keys

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 devices in April and negates the need for …

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

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

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 resolve all outstanding claims. The upfront figure, a partial …

Passwordless security startup Trusona raises $20M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Passwordless security startup Trusona Inc. said today it has raised $20 million in new funding to support ongoing technology development. The Series C round was led by Georgian Partners and included Kleiner Perkins, M12, OurCrowd, Seven Peaks Ventures and Akamai. Founded in 2015, …

Microsoft patches critical Windows vulnerability uncovered by the NSA

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has patched a major security flaw in Windows that was discovered by the U.S. National Security Agency, arguably making its first “Patch Tuesday” of the year one of the most exciting to date. The flaw, officially called CVE-2020-0601, affects Windows 10, …

Venture capital investments and startup exits slow but remain near record highs

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Venture capital investments in the U.S. may be slowing a bit, and so are startup “exits” such as initial public stock offerings and acquisitions, but both remain near record highs as investors keep betting on continued growth in the tech sector. That’s …

$2.3M stolen in phishing campaign that targeted Texas school district

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A Texas school district is out $2.3 million after a targeted phishing campaign led to money being transferred to accounts controlled by those behind the scam. Details are a little slim, but it’s believed that the money was stolen over three transactions and …

NortonLifeLock sells ID Analytics business to LexisNexis Risk Solutions for $375M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

NortonLifeLock Inc. today said it has sold its ID Analytics business to LexisNexis Risk Solutions for $375 million as the company divests itself of unwanted business units following its separation from the now Broadcom Inc.-owned Symantec enterprise security business. ID Analytics became part of NortonLifeLock after being acquired …

Windows 7 hits end of life as Microsoft drops free support

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The end of Windows 7 support is nigh as Microsoft Corp. will drop support for the operating system Tuesday for consumers. Business customers can pay for ongoing support, chiefly for security updates, but the decision to pull it for consumers was a …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

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

Passwordless security startup Trusona raises $20M

Microsoft patches critical Windows vulnerability uncovered by the NSA

Venture capital investments and startup exits slow but remain near record highs

$2.3M stolen in phishing campaign that targeted Texas school district

NortonLifeLock sells ID Analytics business to LexisNexis Risk Solutions for $375M

Windows 7 hits end of life as Microsoft drops free support

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