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

Android ‘StrandHogg’ vulnerability allows attackers to insert fake login screens

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered Android vulnerability being exploited in the wild allows attackers to insert fake login screens into legitimate apps to steal credentials as well as undertake various other nefarious activities. Detailed today by security researchers at Promon, the vulnerability, dubbed “StrandHogg,” exists as a …

21M customer records stolen from music streaming service Mixcloud

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

U.K.-based music streaming service Mixcloud Ltd. has been hacked, with about 21 million customer records stolen. The hack is believed to have occurred in November and only came to light after a “dark web” seller provided a portion of the stolen data …

Millions potentially stolen as Asian cryptocurrency exchange CEO disappears

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Millions may have been stolen after the chief executive of a little-known Asian cryptocurrency exchange called IDAX disappeared with the keys to the company’s cold wallets. The origins of the company are cloudy, but the company appears to be operated out of …

Ethereum research scientist arrested for blockchain presentation in North Korea

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

An Ethereum research scientist was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Friday on allegations that he breached U.S. sanctions by attending a conference in North Korea and discussing blockchain technology. Virgil Griffith, 36, a resident of Singapore but a U.S. citizen, stands accused of speaking …

Botnet uses YouTube to hide its cryptomining activities

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

In a sign of the times, a longstanding botnet has changed its behavior, switching its activity to cryptomining while using YouTube as part of its process. Discovered Tuesday by security researchers at ESET spol s.r.o, the shift involves the Statinko Botnet that has been around …

HSBC to shift $20B of assets onto a new blockchain-based custody platform

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Global banking conglomerate HSBC Holdings PLC is doubling down on its use of blockchain solutions, saying it intends to shift $20 billion worth of assets onto a new blockchain-based custody platform by March. Reuters reported today that the platform, known as Digital Vault, has …

End of an era: Design wizard Jony Ive leaves Apple

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Marking the end of an era, Apple Inc.’s Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has left the company after nearly 30 years. Ive’s intended departure was announced in June as the legendary designer said he would leave to start a new design firm, though …

$52M in Ethereum stolen from Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has been hacked and the equivalent of about $52 million in cryptocurrency stolen. The hack, which involved the theft of 342,000 Ethereum, took place earlier today and involved those behind the hack transferring the ETH from a hot …

Vulnerable Docker instances targeted in cryptocurrency mining campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Unknown hackers have launched a new campaign that’s actively scanning for vulnerable Docker application container instances to inject cryptomining code. Discovered by cybersecurity firm Bad Packets LLC, the group is actively scanning for vulnerable Docker instances that have application programming interface endpoints …

Twitter pauses plan to delete inactive accounts until it can memorialize deceased users

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

In a quick backflip, Twitter Inc. today paused a plan to delete inactive accounts after concerns were raised about accounts belonging to deceased users. Twitter made the initial announcement yesterday that it would be deleting inactive accounts, those that have not been used in six …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Android ‘StrandHogg’ vulnerability allows attackers to insert fake login screens

21M customer records stolen from music streaming service Mixcloud

Millions potentially stolen as Asian cryptocurrency exchange CEO disappears

Ethereum research scientist arrested for blockchain presentation in North Korea

Botnet uses YouTube to hide its cryptomining activities

HSBC to shift $20B of assets onto a new blockchain-based custody platform

End of an era: Design wizard Jony Ive leaves Apple

$52M in Ethereum stolen from Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit

Twitter pauses plan to delete inactive accounts until it can memorialize deceased users

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