Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

In huge breach, 100M customer records stolen from Capital One

By Duncan Riley Jul 29, 2019

Data relating to more than 100 million Capital One Financial Corp. customers has been stolen after a misconfigured firewall enabled a hacker to access the data stored in the cloud. The data breach, one…

Emerging Tech

In first post-IPO job purge, Uber lays off a third of its marketing staff

By Duncan Riley Jul 29, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. laid off a third of its global marketing employees today, the first cuts the company has made to its staff since going public in May. Some 400 people in Uber’s marketing…

Apps

Facebook’s next privacy scandal could involve young users’ data on Instagram

By Duncan Riley Jul 28, 2019

Recent policy changes intended to improve Facebook Inc.’s photo and video sharing service Instagram may have backfired, as young users switch to business accounts that force them to disclose personal information to the public.…

Security

Louisiana declares state of emergency in response to school ransomware attacks

By Duncan Riley Jul 28, 2019

Louisiana today took the rare step of declaring a state of emergency following multiple ransomware attacks on schools in the north of the state. The ransomware attacks, first detected on July 23, encrypted data…

Security

Lights out: South African power provider struck by ransomware

By Duncan Riley Jul 25, 2019

Some residents of Johannesberg, South Africa, have been left without power after the city’s electricity supplier was struck by ransomware. City Power, the local power company was struck by an unnamed form of ransomware…

Policy

Facebook co-founder working with authorities on breaking up the company

By Duncan Riley Jul 25, 2019

Facebook Inc. co-founder Chris Hughes is working with the U.S. government on how to break up the company, according to a new report Thursday from the New York Times. Hughes (pictured) is said to be collaborating…

Apps

IPO market remains healthy as two health-tech companies bounce on debut

By Duncan Riley Jul 25, 2019

Two health-tech companies that went public Thursday showed there’s still a willing audience for tech-related initial public offerings, as both enjoyed a price pop on their debuts. Livongo Health Inc., a Silicon Valley-based digital health…

Blockchain

New York establishes new division for cryptocurrency licensing and supervision

By Duncan Riley Jul 24, 2019

The New York State Department of Financial Services has established a new division specifically tasked with licensing and overseeing cryptocurrency startups. The new Research and Innovation Division has been established to formally “support internal…

Security

Report finds 34M vulnerabilities across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure

By Duncan Riley Jul 24, 2019

A new report from Unit 42, the threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks Inc. has uncovered 34 million vulnerabilities across leading cloud service providers, highlighting that organizations are struggling with securing cloud installations.…

Security

Sophisticated new Russian spyware hides in functional fake apps

By Duncan Riley Jul 24, 2019

A new form of Android spyware embedded in functional fake apps is one of the most sophisticated ever seen, according to a new report today. Discovered by cybersecurity researchers at Lookout Inc. and dubbed…

Duncan Riley

In huge breach, 100M customer records stolen from Capital One

In first post-IPO job purge, Uber lays off a third of its marketing staff

Facebook’s next privacy scandal could involve young users’ data on Instagram

Louisiana declares state of emergency in response to school ransomware attacks

Lights out: South African power provider struck by ransomware

Facebook co-founder working with authorities on breaking up the company

IPO market remains healthy as two health-tech companies bounce on debut

New York establishes new division for cryptocurrency licensing and supervision

Sophisticated new Russian spyware hides in functional fake apps

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