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

Update now: Atlassian discloses critical vulnerability in Confluence Server

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Atlassian Corp. Plc Wednesday warned customers of its popular Confluence collaboration software program to urgently update their installations following the discovery of a critical vulnerability that can allow an attacker to gain access and steal data. The security advisory affects all versions …

Trump tech ban means new Huawei smartphones won’t include official Android

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Despite receiving another 90-day reprieve from U.S. technology sanctions, the latest smartphone releases from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. will not included licensed versions of Google LLC’s Android operating system. Reuters quotes Google executives as saying that the 90-day reprieve does not extend to new devices …

Despite strong earnings, Okta see shares drop on lower guidance

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Shares in cloud identity management service provider Okta Inc. dropped in after-hours trading Wednesday after the company reported a mixed bag of results and guidance. Okta beat market analyst predictions on earnings and revenue for its fiscal second quarter, reporting a 5-cent-per-share loss versus a …

Homeland Security initiative aimed at fighting ransomware ahead of 2020 election

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The U.S. government is planning to launch a new program that will focus on protecting voter registration databases and systems from cyberattacks ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Reuters reported Tuesday that the new initiative, to be led by the U.S. Department on Homeland …

Imperva ‘security incident’ exposes customer data

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity software firm Imperva Inc. today disclosed a “security incident” involving its Cloud Web Application Firewall product, previously known as Incapsula, in 2017 that appears to have resulted in the theft of customer data. “On August 20, 2019, we learned from a …

Craig ‘Satoshi’ Wright loses $5B in bitcoin to estate of former business partner

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Craig Wright, the man who on several occasions has claimed to be bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, is as much as $5 billion in bitcoin poorer after he lost a case with the estate of a former business partner. Ira Kleiman, the brother …

Microsoft Surface event in October could see debut of dual-screen device

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has scheduled a Surface event for Oct. 2, but in a twist on last year’s event that debuted a new Surface Pro, the possible headline launch this year could be a dual-screen Surface device. The dual-screen fold tablet/laptop, code-named Surface “Centaurus” …

Australia proposes to block social media in the event of a terrorist attack

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Australia will block any site deemed to be hosting “terrorist material,” including leading social media sites such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., under a proposal announced Sunday by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Reuters reported that Morrison (pictured, right), who somehow got invited …

14M accounts compromised in hack of web hosting provider Hostinger

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The details of about 14 million customers of web hosting provider Hostinger International Ltd. have been compromised by a “security incident” that took place on Aug. 23. To its credit, Hostinger has been upfront with customers in its disclosure, writing Sunday that one …

Apple rushes out new iOS security release to address jailbreaking vulnerability

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. today released a new security update to its iOS mobile operating system a week after it was reported that it had managed to open a vulnerability that allowed Apple devices to be jailbroken. iOS 12.4.1, available for iPhone 5s and …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Update now: Atlassian discloses critical vulnerability in Confluence Server

Trump tech ban means new Huawei smartphones won’t include official Android

Homeland Security initiative aimed at fighting ransomware ahead of 2020 election

Imperva ‘security incident’ exposes customer data

Craig ‘Satoshi’ Wright loses $5B in bitcoin to estate of former business partner

Microsoft Surface event in October could see debut of dual-screen device

Australia proposes to block social media in the event of a terrorist attack

14M accounts compromised in hack of web hosting provider Hostinger

Apple rushes out new iOS security release to address jailbreaking vulnerability

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