Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Microsoft’s Azure cloud-based Windows Virtual Desktop now generally available

By Duncan Riley Sep 30, 2019

Microsoft Corp. made its Azure-based Windows Virtual Desktop service generally available globally today, delivering on a promise it first made in December. WVD allows enterprises to give their employees access to virtualized applications and…

Blockchain

Venezuela may use cryptocurrency to bypass financial sanctions

By Duncan Riley Sep 29, 2019

Venezuela’s central bank is looking into ways to hold bitcoin and Ethereum and use them for financial transactions, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg late last week. The push is said to be coming from state-run…

Security

German police shut down dark web data center in former NATO bunker

By Duncan Riley Sep 29, 2019

German police have arrested seven people following a raid on an illegal data center in a former NATO military bunker that was hosting “dark web” sites promoting illegal content. The raid, which took place…

AI

Commercial real estate artificial intelligence startup Okapi raises $5.5M

By Duncan Riley Sep 26, 2019

Commercial real estate-focused artificial intelligence startup Okapi today said it has raised $5.5 million in funding to expand its headcount and marketing. The Series A round was led by Marius Nacht, the co-founder and chairman…

Security

Airbus hit by cyberattacks that targeted key suppliers

By Duncan Riley Sep 26, 2019

European aircraft maker Airbus SE apparently has been hit by a number of cyberattacks that targeted the computer systems of its key suppliers in what is believed to be a coordinated campaign by hackers…

Apps

Facebook tests removing ‘like’ counts for users in Australia

By Duncan Riley Sep 26, 2019

Copying an experiment that started with Instagram in July, Facebook Inc. is testing hiding the number of “likes,” reactions and views that a post gets. Starting with users in Australia, the social media giant…

Security

4.9M customer and provider records stolen in DoorDash data breach

By Duncan Riley Sep 26, 2019

Food delivery service provider DoorDash Inc. has suffered a data breach and the records of some 4.9 million customers, delivery providers and merchants have been stolen. DoorDash said the breach, which was detected May…

Security

Cloud-based encryption startup StrongSalt raises $3M

By Duncan Riley Sep 26, 2019

Cloud-based encryption software company StrongSalt said today it has raised $3 million in seed funding from Valley Capital Partners to build out its encryption platform-as-a-service offering for developers and enterprises. Founded in 2017 in Sunnyvale, California, StrongSalt,…

Security

Cyber rerun: Dating app Heyyo exposes user data on unsecured Elasticsearch database

By Duncan Riley Sep 25, 2019

Exposing user data on unsecured cloud storage has become a broken record this year, one that won’t stop playing. The latest one came today from Heyyo, an online adult dating app. Discovered and publicized today…

Emerging Tech

Peloton sets IPO price at $29 but shares fall in Nasdaq debut

By Duncan Riley Sep 25, 2019

Updated: Connected fitness technology firm Peloton Interactive Inc. Wednesday set its initial public offering price at $29 per share ahead of its debut on the Nasdaq exchange, but investors weren’t all that impressed when shares debuted…

Duncan Riley

Venezuela may use cryptocurrency to bypass financial sanctions

German police shut down dark web data center in former NATO bunker

Commercial real estate artificial intelligence startup Okapi raises $5.5M

Airbus hit by cyberattacks that targeted key suppliers

Facebook tests removing ‘like’ counts for users in Australia

4.9M customer and provider records stolen in DoorDash data breach

Cloud-based encryption startup StrongSalt raises $3M

Cyber rerun: Dating app Heyyo exposes user data on unsecured Elasticsearch database

Peloton sets IPO price at $29 but shares fall in Nasdaq debut

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