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

Ukrainian man extradited over 100M+ ads malvertising scheme

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A Ukranian man has been extradited to the U.S. after being arrested last year in The Netherlands in relation to a massive online malvertising scheme. Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov, 31 was charged in December, but details of his arrest and the allegations against …

Here’s what to expect at Google’s I/O developer conference today

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Google LLC’s annual I/O developer conference starts Tuesday, when it’s expected that the Alphabet Inc.-owned search engine giant will launch a range of new midrange smartphones as well as new “internet of things” devices and a new version of Google Assistant. Leading …

Bitfinex looks to raise $1B in an ‘initial exchange offering’

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

After admitting to raiding the reserves of the Tether stablecoin to cover a stolen $850 million, Bitfinex is now looking to raise $1 billion in a so-called “initial exchange offering.” The news of Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company, iFinex Inc., raising money via …

Report: Post porn purge, Verizon is attempting to sell Tumblr

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

After a purge of adult content that saw its traffic decline by a staggering 100 million views, old-school blogging site Tumblr is now apparently on the market, according to a report published Thursday. The Wall Street Journal, quoting people familiar with the …

Report: Dark web marketplace allegedly seized by German police

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Was it an exit scam or wasn’t it? That’s the question users of popular “dark web” marketplace Wall Street Market are asking after a statement appeared on the site purportedly from German police claiming that the site had been seized. Wall Street …

Developer edition of Microsoft’s Hololens 2 coming later this year for $3,500

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A little over two months after announcing the second incarnation of its mixed-reality headset, Microsoft Corp. Thursday announced that the developer edition of the headset will be available for sale later this year. Microsoft launched the sequel to the Hololens in February …

After passing Apple in mobile, China’s Huawei aims at Samsung with 5G TV

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

China’s leading mobile phone maker, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., has set its sights on defeating rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. after confirming its ascent over Apple Inc. in the latest smartphone sales figures. Huawei became the second most popular smartphone maker globally …

Vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server being actively exploited by hackers

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A security vulnerability in Oracle Corp.’s WebLogic Server is actively being exploited by hackers. The vulnerability, CVE-2019-2725, is a remote code execution vulnerability that gives hackers access to a WebLogic server without the need for authentication. Oracle released a patch for the …

Square shares slide as payment firm delivers mixed earnings bag

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

Shares in Square Inc. fell in after-hours trading after it delivered a mixed bag of first-quarter results. The payments company beat analysts’ estimates on earnings and revenue but at the same time reported weaker-than-expected gross payment volume and delivered lower-than-expected second-quarter guidance. Revenue …

Botnet targeting Electrum wallet grows to 150,000 with $4.6M stolen so far

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY7 YEARS AGO

A botnet used to target the Electrum bitcoin wallet network is continuing to grow as researchers say it surpassed 150,000 at its peak with even more cryptocurrency now stolen from users. The botnet targeting Electrum customers, first detected April 8, is a …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Ukrainian man extradited over 100M+ ads malvertising scheme

Here’s what to expect at Google’s I/O developer conference today

Bitfinex looks to raise $1B in an ‘initial exchange offering’

Report: Post porn purge, Verizon is attempting to sell Tumblr

Report: Dark web marketplace allegedly seized by German police

Developer edition of Microsoft’s Hololens 2 coming later this year for $3,500

After passing Apple in mobile, China’s Huawei aims at Samsung with 5G TV

Square shares slide as payment firm delivers mixed earnings bag

Botnet targeting Electrum wallet grows to 150,000 with $4.6M stolen so far

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