Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

Customer data from Best Western and other hotels exposed in massive data breach

By Duncan Riley Oct 21, 2019

A database that included customer booking details belonging to Autoclerk, a hotel reservations system owned by Best Western International Inc., has been found exposed online in yet another case of misconfigured cloud storage. Discovered…

Security

Cybersecurity company Avast hacked via employee virtual private network

By Duncan Riley Oct 21, 2019

Czech cybersecurity firm Avast Software s.r.o., the owner of popular antivirus software provider AVG Technologies N.V., has been hacked, but the company managed to fight off the attack. Those behind the hack managed to gain access…

Apps

SoftBank in advanced talks to take control of WeWork on $7.5-8 billion valuation

By Duncan Riley Oct 21, 2019

Real estate firm WeWork may soon no longer be an independent company: Lead investor SoftBank Group Corp. reportedly is in talks to take over control of parent company The We Company in an effort to arrest…

Blockchain

Bitcoin.com acquires Japanese cryptocurrency startup O3 Labs

By Duncan Riley Oct 21, 2019

Bitcoin.com has acquired O3 Labs Inc., a Japanese startup that offers a range of cryptocurrency services for an undisclosed price. Under the deal, O3’s team and its services will be absorbed into Bitcoin.com. O3,…

Policy

Huawei in talks to license 5G tech in US as export bans start to bite

By Duncan Riley Oct 20, 2019

Huawei Electronics Co. Ltd. is in early-stage talks with U.S. telecommunications companies to license its 5G networking technology, bypassing a ban placed on its exporting its equipment to the U.S. in May just as related bans are…

Security

2.8M CenturyLink customer records exposed on misconfigured cloud database

By Duncan Riley Oct 20, 2019

Some 2.8 million customer records have been exposed online by communications firm CenturyLink Inc. in the latest case of a company failing to secure an online database. Discovered and publicized Friday by security researcher…

Blockchain

Facebook could switch to currency-linked stablecoins for Libra

By Duncan Riley Oct 20, 2019

Facebook Inc.’s Libra could possibly change course in the future and instead launch multiple so-called stablecoins tied to traditional currencies. The surprise announcement came from Libra head Davis Marcus, who told a banking seminar…

Blockchain

AI recruitment startup Project Crowd raising money with security token offering

By Duncan Riley Oct 17, 2019

Artificial intelligence recruitment platform startup Project Crowd AG is taking a somewhat unusual route to raise funds, listing security tokens for sale on the digital investment platform WeOwn. The offering is seeking to raise…

Security

250,000 resumes exposed in latest case of misconfigured cloud storage

By Duncan Riley Oct 17, 2019

The resumes of more than 250,000 job seekers have been found exposed online by two companies in the U.S. and U.K. in the latest case of publicly exposed cloud storage. Today’s tale of another…

Cloud

19-year-old Galileo Financial raises $77M in its first venture capital round

By Duncan Riley Oct 17, 2019

Galileo Financial Technologies Inc., a payments processing solution platform for financial technology firms, said today it has raised $77 million in funding to expand its product and enter new markets. The Series A round was…

Duncan Riley

Cybersecurity company Avast hacked via employee virtual private network

SoftBank in advanced talks to take control of WeWork on $7.5-8 billion valuation

Bitcoin.com acquires Japanese cryptocurrency startup O3 Labs

Huawei in talks to license 5G tech in US as export bans start to bite

Facebook could switch to currency-linked stablecoins for Libra

AI recruitment startup Project Crowd raising money with security token offering

250,000 resumes exposed in latest case of misconfigured cloud storage

19-year-old Galileo Financial raises $77M in its first venture capital round

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