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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

MyKings cryptomining botnet hides code in Taylor Swift photo

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A cryptomining botnet operator is using an image of Taylor Swift to infect computers, embedding the malicious code in the image itself. The botnet, primarily known as MyKings although also known by some security firms as DarkCloud and Smominru, targets Windows-based servers. …

AI-powered contract management startup Evisort raises $15M

AI By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Artificial intelligence-powered contract management startup Evisort Inc. has raised $15 million in new funding, the company announced today. The Series A round was led by M12, Microsoft Corp.’s venture fund and included Amity Ventures and Serra Ventures. The money will be used to hire …

173M stolen Zynga account credentials find their way online

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Nearly 173 million user records stolen from online games maker Zynga Inc. have found their way online. The theft of the data, which includes usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords, was detailed today by breach monitoring site Have I Been Pwned, which added the data …

Edge data processing startup Teraki raises $11M

BIG DATA By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Edge data processing startup Teraki GmbH said today it has raised $11 million in new funding to accelerate its move into the automotive electronics market and expand into other sectors that are facing a rise in data demands. The venture capital round was …

Facebook buys cloud gaming company PlayGiga for $78M

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. today said it has acquired Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga for about €70 million ($78 million) as it looks to expand into the gaming market. Founded in 2013, PlayGiga offers a premium streaming game service that works on both Windows and macOS computers …

Uber expands its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. is expanding its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami, Florida, after launching the service in Chicago in October. The on-demand labor hiring app matches people looking for shift work with companies that need temporary employees. Designed to provide “more …

Lazarus Group targets Linux systems in new remote-access virus campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The Lazarus Group, the North Korean-linked hacking group believed to be behind in the spread of the WannaCry ransomware in 2017 and linked to a campaign targeting banks and financial institutions in 2018, is back again. Now it’s targeting Linux systems alongside Windows. The new Lazarus campaign, detailed today by Qihoo 360 …

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