Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Attack targeting Microsoft RDP ‘BlueKeep’ vulnerability spotted in the wild

By Duncan Riley Nov 3, 2019

BlueKeep, a vulnerability found in older versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Remote Desktop Protocol, has been spotted for the first time being used in the wild as part of a new hacking campaign. The campaign was…

Apps

Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after shooting in California leaves 5 dead

By Duncan Riley Nov 3, 2019

Airbnb Inc. has banned “party houses” from its service following a shooting at an Airbnb rental on Thursday in Orinda, California, that resulted in the death of five people. The ban, coming ahead of…

Blockchain

Binance expands US services and support thanks to strong growth

By Duncan Riley Nov 1, 2019

The dedicated foray by Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, into the U.S. market is going well as the company said today that its Binance.US operation is increasing volumes and it announced support for…

Security

Millions of customer records stolen in data breach of Web.com sites

By Duncan Riley Oct 31, 2019

Sites belonging to Web.com Group Inc., including Network Solutions, have been compromised with potentially millions of customer records stolen. The data breach was detected Oct. 16 and included customer information on Web.com, NetworkSolutions.com and Register.com.…

Security

Office 365 phishing campaign uses fake voicemails to trick users

By Duncan Riley Oct 31, 2019

In an interesting twist on traditional phishing campaigns, hackers are using fake voicemails in an effort to trick users into handing over their Office 365 credentials. First spotted and publicized Wednesday by security researchers at…

Security

Chinese hackers target SMS text messages using new form of malware

By Duncan Riley Oct 31, 2019

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is believed to be behind a new form of malware that’s targeting SMS text messages on servers run by telecommunications companies. Detailed today by security researchers at FireEye Mandiant, the MESSAGETAP malware,…

Security

16M passwords from Fortune 500 companies found on the dark web

By Duncan Riley Oct 30, 2019

Some 16 million passwords have been added to “dark web” sites over the last 12 months, according to a report published by cybersecurity firm ImmuniWeb. The passwords, many of which had been obtained off…

Emerging Tech

Lyft beats earnings predictions but is still bleeding money

By Duncan Riley Oct 30, 2019

Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. beat Wall Street earnings predictions in its third quarter, but like the previous quarter, the company continues to bleed money even it’s less than expected. Lyft reported a loss of $463.5…

Blockchain

Initial coin offering platform provider CoinList raises $10M

By Duncan Riley Oct 30, 2019

Initial coin offering platform provider CoinList Capital LLC today said it has raised $10 million in new funding to launch a new exchange platform. The money came from Twitter Inc. and Square Inc. Chief Executive…

Apps

Take that, Facebook: Twitter to ban all political advertising starting in late November

By Duncan Riley Oct 30, 2019

Twitter Inc. today announced that it will ban all political advertising starting in late November, cutting off a potentially large revenue stream for the microblogging service in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential…

Duncan Riley

Attack targeting Microsoft RDP ‘BlueKeep’ vulnerability spotted in the wild

Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after shooting in California leaves 5 dead

Binance expands US services and support thanks to strong growth

Millions of customer records stolen in data breach of Web.com sites

Office 365 phishing campaign uses fake voicemails to trick users

Chinese hackers target SMS text messages using new form of malware

16M passwords from Fortune 500 companies found on the dark web

Lyft beats earnings predictions but is still bleeding money

Initial coin offering platform provider CoinList raises $10M

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