Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

24M medical records found exposed online across 590 archive systems

By Duncan Riley Sep 17, 2019

Another day, another case of publicly exposed data, and today’s tale of data woe involves 24 million medical records across a possibly record-high 590 online medical image archives systems. Discovered by German cybersecurity firm Greenbone Networks,…

Emerging Tech

Facebook reportedly working with Luxottica on augmented reality glasses

By Duncan Riley Sep 17, 2019

Facebook Inc. has teamed with global glasses maker Luxottica Group SpA to build augmented reality glasses, according to a report from CNBC. Luxottica may not quite be a household brand, but the company is the…

Blockchain

Neufund launches equity-linked token sales platform with government clearance

By Duncan Riley Sep 16, 2019

German fintech startup Neufund today launched its equity-linked tokenized public offering platform after gaining regulatory clearance to do so from Liechtenstein. Founded in 2016, Neufund has built a blockchain-based platform that allows companies to raises funds through…

Security

LastPass fixes bug that allowed malicious websites to steal login credentials

By Duncan Riley Sep 16, 2019

Password manager LastPass Inc. said it has patched a vulnerability identified by a Google LLC security researcher that allowed a malicious website to steal login credentials for the last account a user had accessed using the company’s Chrome…

Security

Misconfigured database exposes personal info of almost everyone in Ecuador

By Duncan Riley Sep 16, 2019

A database containing the details of nearly every citizen of Ecuador, including children, has been found exposed online in the latest case of a misconfigured Elasticsearch server. Discovered by security researchers at vpnMentor, the…

Policy

Amazon denies manipulating search to favor its own products

By Duncan Riley Sep 16, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. has strongly denied a report published by The Wall Street Journal today that claimed that the e-commerce giant had manipulated its search algorithms to boosts its own products. The report, citing unnamed people who…

Blockchain

Analysts predict bitcoin boom times ahead of Bakkt futures launch

By Duncan Riley Sep 15, 2019

The price of bitcoin started to climb slightly Sunday as some analysts predicted that leading cryptocurrencies are primed for a price breakout thanks in part to the pending launch of the Bakkt LLC trading platform.…

Security

US sanctions target North Korean hacking groups behind global attacks

By Duncan Riley Sep 15, 2019

The U.S. Department of Treasury imposed sanctions against three North Korean hacking groups on Friday in the latest crackdown targeting hacking from the rouge state. The hacking groups are alleged to have stolen hundreds…

Blockchain

Facebook Libra representatives to be grilled by global regulators in Switzerland

By Duncan Riley Sep 15, 2019

Representatives of the Libra Association, the body set up by Facebook Inc. to manage its Libra cryptocurrency, are set to be grilled by global regulators at a meeting in Switzerland on Monday, according to the…

Blockchain

Mastercard teams with R3 for cross-border blockchain payments pilot

By Duncan Riley Sep 12, 2019

R3 LLC and Mastercard Inc. Thursday said they’ve signed a strategic partnership to develop and pilot a blockchain-based cross-border payment solution. The payment solution will initially focus on connecting global faster payments infrastructures, schemes…

Duncan Riley

24M medical records found exposed online across 590 archive systems

Facebook reportedly working with Luxottica on augmented reality glasses

Neufund launches equity-linked token sales platform with government clearance

LastPass fixes bug that allowed malicious websites to steal login credentials

Misconfigured database exposes personal info of almost everyone in Ecuador

Amazon denies manipulating search to favor its own products

Analysts predict bitcoin boom times ahead of Bakkt futures launch

US sanctions target North Korean hacking groups behind global attacks

Facebook Libra representatives to be grilled by global regulators in Switzerland

Mastercard teams with R3 for cross-border blockchain payments pilot

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