Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Security

8M lines of hotel-related code exposed in latest Elasticsearch database configuration failure

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2019

Another day, another misconfigured cloud instance exposing data, and the latest comes from AavGo, a cloud-based software provider for the hotel industry. The latest case involves a misconfigured Elasticsearch database revealed today by security researcher Daniel Brown. The…

Emerging Tech

Alphabet’s Wing launches new app to assist drone air traffic control

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2019

Alphabet Inc.’s drone subsidiary Wing Aviation LLC has unveiled a new app designed to help manage air traffic control for drones. Called OpenSky, the app, available for both iOS and Android, has first launched…

Security

Sprint customer data hacked through Samsung website

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2019

U.S. telecommunications company Sprint Corp. has been hacked with an unknown number of accounts compromised, but in a twist, the company is blaming Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for the data breach. Affected customers were…

Apps

Venture capital funding surges thanks to megarounds

By Duncan Riley Jul 16, 2019

Venture capital funding in the U.S. in on track to hit a potential new record high in 2019 thanks to a rising number of megarounds. That’s according to data from the latest quarterly PwC/CB…

Blockchain

Funds stolen in hack of MyDashWallet cryptocurrency service

By Duncan Riley Jul 15, 2019

MyDashWallet, a popular wallet service for users of the Dash cryptocurrency, was compromised and user funds stolen for a period of two months. Dash, currently the 15th most popular cryptocurrency by market capitalization, operates…

Security

Flight evacuated after suicide vest picture sent to other passengers

By Duncan Riley Jul 15, 2019

A plane belonging to JetBlue Airways Corp. was evacuated on the tarmac at Newark Airport Saturday after someone airdropped an image of a suicide vest to other Apple Inc. device users on the plane.…

Policy

Proposed law would ban Facebook, big tech firms from offering digital currencies

By Duncan Riley Jul 15, 2019

Large technology companies would be banned from functioning as financial institutions or issuing digital currencies under a proposed bill targeting Facebook Inc.’s Libra cryptocurrency. Reuters reports that the bill, the “Keep Big Tech Out…

Blockchain

China mining crackdown drops bitcoin to lowest price in nearly a month

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2019

The price of bitcoin plunged in trading over the weekend on news that China has launched a new crackdown on bitcoin mining operations. Bitcoin dropped below $10,000, to $9,922.61, at 10:20 p.m. EDT before…

Security

TrickBot rises from the dead in new campaign that targeted 250M email accounts

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2019

In a scene straight out of a zombie television series, the TrickBot malware has risen from the dead with a new attack the may have targeted as many as 250 million email accounts, including those belonging to…

Policy

Report: Huawei to lay off US R&D staff despite partial ban reprieve

By Duncan Riley Jul 14, 2019

Despite a partial reprieve from a ban imposed by Trump administration in the midst of the U.S.-China trade war, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is set to lay off a substantial number of its U.S. employees, according…

Duncan Riley

Alphabet’s Wing launches new app to assist drone air traffic control

Sprint customer data hacked through Samsung website

Venture capital funding surges thanks to megarounds

Funds stolen in hack of MyDashWallet cryptocurrency service

Flight evacuated after suicide vest picture sent to other passengers

Proposed law would ban Facebook, big tech firms from offering digital currencies

China mining crackdown drops bitcoin to lowest price in nearly a month

TrickBot rises from the dead in new campaign that targeted 250M email accounts

Report: Huawei to lay off US R&D staff despite partial ban reprieve

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