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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

Iranian hackers target Trump 2020 re-election campaign

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A hacking group tied to the Iranian government has been attempting to break into the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump. Detailed Friday by security researchers at Microsoft Corp. and linked directly to the Trump campaign by Reuters, the Phosphorus campaign was first …

PayPal leaves Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency association

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

PayPal Holdings Inc. has become the first company to withdraw from Facebook Inc.’s Libra Association, the body set up to oversee the proposed cryptocurrency. Reports that major companies backing Libra were about to walk away over regulatory concerns was reported by The Wall …

FBI issues public service announcement warning about ransomware attacks

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has published a public service announcement warning that high-impact ransomware attacks are threatening U.S. businesses and organizations. The PSA, published Wednesday, runs through what ransomware is and how it infects its victims. But where it gets interesting …

Update now: WhatsApp bug allows malicious GIF to steal user data

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered vulnerability in popular Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp allows an attacker to obtain access and steal data by doing nothing more than sending a malicious GIF to a user. The vulnerability was discovered and publicized Wednesday by a security researcher who goes …

Report details new PKPLUG threat group targeting Asian countries

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Palo Alto Network Inc.’s Unit 42 threat intelligence team has detailed a new Chinese-linked cyberespionage group that’s targeting countries primarily in Southeast Asia. Dubbed “PKPLUG,” the threat actor group, or possibly groups, uses the tactic of delivering PlugX malware inside ZIP archive files …

Alabama hospitals forced to close after ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Three hospitals in Alabama were closed to all but critical patients Wednesday after a ransomware attack crippled their computer systems. The form of ransomware used in the attack on the hospitals, all run by a nonprofit firm called DCH Health System, is not …

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