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

Former Tesla engineer admits uploading Autopilot source code but denies wrongdoing

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A former Tesla Inc. engineer being sued by the company admitted in a court filing earlier this week that he uploaded source code for Tesla’s Autopilot to the cloud, but he denies any wrongdoing. The case involves Guangzhi Cao, a former engineer …

New Magecart attack targets misconfigured AWS S3 instances with ‘skimmer’ code

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 cloud storage instances have long been a source of data breaches, but in a dangerous new twist, those same instances are now being exploited by a hacking group to steal credit card data. Discovered by security …

Microsoft Teams surges ahead with 13M users, likely surpassing Slack

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has finally revealed user numbers for its Teams service, likely confirming what was first reported in a survey in December: It’s now more popular than rival Slack Inc. More than 13 million people were using Microsoft Teams on a daily basis as …

Privacy fail: Audio recorded by Google Assistant leaked to Belgian news outlet

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Google LLC has become embroiled in a new privacy scandal after it was forced to admit today that audio captured by its smart assistant was leaked by a partner in the Netherlands to a news outlet. About 1,000 conversations captured by Google Assistant, which …

IPO mania: Second quarter hits new record for startup exits

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

More companies went public or were acquired in the second quarter than in any single quarter in history. That’s according to data from the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor quarterly venture capital ecosystem report announced early Thursday. And for the first time ever …

Blockstack becomes first company to get SEC approval for an initial coin offering

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Reports of dubious initial coin offerings targeted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are a dime a dozen, but a New York City-based company seeking to raise money in a token sale is making headlines for the right reason: It’s the …

New Android malware replaces code in legitimate apps to display malicious ads

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered form of Android malware that changes code in legitimate apps to display fraudulent ads has been found on more than 25 million devices, according to a report today from security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Dubbed “Agent Smith” by …

Investigation into proposed French tech tax could spark a US-Europe trade war

POLICY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

U.S. President Donald Trump today ordered an investigation into a proposal from France to impose a tax on large tech companies, a move that could possibly spark a trade war between the U.S. and Europe. The French proposal, dubbed a digital services …

YL Ventures closes new fund of $120M to invest in Israeli cybersecurity startups

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Venture capital firm YL Ventures GP Ltd. has closed its fourth fund at $120 million. Specializing in seed-stage investing in Israeli cybersecurity startups, the fund is the first YL Ventures has raised since 2017 and brings the total capital under management for the …

US Coast Guard issues warning following successful malware attack on large vessel

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a safety alert on Monday warning ship operators to update their security following a “significant cyber incident” involving a vessel bound for the Port of New York and New Jersey in February. According to the warning, an …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Former Tesla engineer admits uploading Autopilot source code but denies wrongdoing

New Magecart attack targets misconfigured AWS S3 instances with ‘skimmer’ code

Microsoft Teams surges ahead with 13M users, likely surpassing Slack

Privacy fail: Audio recorded by Google Assistant leaked to Belgian news outlet

IPO mania: Second quarter hits new record for startup exits

Blockstack becomes first company to get SEC approval for an initial coin offering

New Android malware replaces code in legitimate apps to display malicious ads

Investigation into proposed French tech tax could spark a US-Europe trade war

YL Ventures closes new fund of $120M to invest in Israeli cybersecurity startups

US Coast Guard issues warning following successful malware attack on large vessel

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