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

DHS warns state officials about 2020 election phishing threats

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

An official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned a meeting of top state election officials to be cautious of hacking attempts targeting local and state election workers in the lead up to the 2020 elections. Geoff Hale (pictured), director of …

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $4.6M

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay Ltd. today said it has raised $4.6 million in new funding to expand its service into new markets. The seed funding round was back by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z, Greylock Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Tuesday Capital and a …

DerpTrolling hacker sentenced to 27 months behind bars

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A 23-year-old man who was involved in multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks in December 2013 and January 2014 that targeted online gaming services has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. Austin Thompson, known online as DerpTroll, was part of a group known …

CRM blockchain startup Cere Network gets funding from NEO, Arrington and Binance

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Blockchain customer relationship management startup Cere Network has raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital funding to help it develop what it claims is the world’s first blockchain CRM and customer data platform ecosystem. The funding, which follows the company’s graduation from the Binance …

Vulnerabilities in Zipato smart home devices let hackers open doors

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Two security researchers have published details of vulnerabilities in communications hubs that connect to smart home locks manufactured by Zipato that can allow hackers to open doors easily. Detailed today by Chase Dardaman and Jason Wheeler at Blackmarble, two of the vulnerabilities relate …

China border guards allegedly installing spyware on tourists’ phones

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Chinese border guards are allegedly installing spyware on the phones of people who enter some land borders in the country’s far west, according to reports from Motherboard and others today. The spyware in question, going by the names of BXAQ or Fengcai, is said …

Samsung schedules Galaxy Note 10 launch event for Aug. 7

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has scheduled an “Unpacked” launch event for Aug. 7 that’s expected to feature the announcement of the Galaxy Note 10, the latest premium phone in the South Korean’s giant’s smartphone lineup. Officially, the event in New York City, …

Billions of user logs from Chinese smart home device maker Orvibo found online

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Billions of user logs from users of devices manufactured by Chinese smart home device maker Orvibo Inc. have been found online in the latest of many unnecessary data exposures. Discovered by security researchers at vpnMentor and revealed today, the breach included data such …

Will the Trump administration’s play to ban end-to-end encryption backfire?

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Joining other western countries, the Trump administration is said to be considering effectively banning end-to-end encryption by mandating back doors, according to a Politico report late last week. End-to-end encryption is a system of communication where only the communicating users can read the …

Deception-based cybersecurity startup TrapX raises $18M

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Deception-based cybersecurity startup TrapX Security Inc. said today it has raised $18 million in new funding to expand into new countries and markets. The Series C round was led by Ibex Investors and included previous investors Strategic Cyber Ventures, Liberty Israel Venture Fund, Intel …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

DHS warns state officials about 2020 election phishing threats

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $4.6M

DerpTrolling hacker sentenced to 27 months behind bars

CRM blockchain startup Cere Network gets funding from NEO, Arrington and Binance

Vulnerabilities in Zipato smart home devices let hackers open doors

China border guards allegedly installing spyware on tourists’ phones

Samsung schedules Galaxy Note 10 launch event for Aug. 7

Billions of user logs from Chinese smart home device maker Orvibo found online

Will the Trump administration’s play to ban end-to-end encryption backfire?

Deception-based cybersecurity startup TrapX raises $18M

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