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

To the moon or low Earth orbit? Bitcoin price continues to soar

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has maintained a price surge that started on April Fool’s Day, reaching new yearly highs over the weekend in what many believe may indicate a long-term bull run. The cryptocurrency broke through the $5,000 mark on Tuesday, its highest level since …

Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint scanner easily tricked by rubber finger

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In something straight out of a Hollywood movie, the fingerprint scanners on Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s flagship Galaxy S10 devices can be easily tricked by a rubber finger. Detailed Friday a hacker by the name of Darkshark9, the hack of the fingerprint scanner requires …

Lyft threatens to sue Morgan Stanley over short-selling trades

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Lyft Inc. is threatening to sue Morgan Stanley, accusing the merchant bank of promoting short-selling to investors who were subject to lock-up agreements. Short-selling is the sale of shares that the seller has borrowed in the expectation of being able to acquire them …

Drugmaker Bayer blames Chinese government-backed group for cyberattack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

German drugmaker Bayer AG has blamed an allegedly Chinese government-backed hacking group for a cyberattack against its network. The attack is said to have been detected first in Bayer’s network early last year. The company reportedly was silently monitoring its behavior for …

New CIA-themed ‘sextortion’ scam uses SatoshiBox to extract payments

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered scam is using the services of an otherwise legitimate third-party provider to collect ransom payments. Detailed Thursday by security researchers at Trustwave Inc., the latest variation of a so-called law enforcement sextortion scam has those behind it claiming to be contacting …

Xiaomi quickly patches serious vulnerability found in its security app

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Xiaomi Inc. has released a patch for a security vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to intercept data and insert malicious code on devices made by the company. Discovered by security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and revealed Thursday, the …

Coda Protocol raises $16M to build out its tiny blockchain

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

O(1) Labs Operating Corp., the parent company of the Coda Protocol, has raised $15 million in new funding to continue to build out its tiny blockchain. The Series A funding round included Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm and General Catalyst, along with previous investors MetaStable, …

WeWork acquires office services company Managed by Q

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Co-working space provider WeWork Inc. Wednesday said it has acquired Managed by Q Inc., a subscription and on-demand office services company for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2013, Managed by Q offers a range of subscription and on-demand services that may be required in an office, …

SEC clarifies when initial coin offerings are securities

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In two moves highly praised by those in the cryptocurrency and blockchain communities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday issued guides for initial coin offerings while also issuing it’s first “no-action” letter for a company wanting to go down the ICO …

540M+ Facebook account details found exposed on misconfigured AWS instances

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Data relating to more than 540 million Facebook users has been discovered publicly available on misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. instances. Discovered by security researchers at UpGuard Inc. and revealed Wednesday, the main data exposure came via a Mexico-based media company Cultura …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

To the moon or low Earth orbit? Bitcoin price continues to soar

Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint scanner easily tricked by rubber finger

Lyft threatens to sue Morgan Stanley over short-selling trades

Drugmaker Bayer blames Chinese government-backed group for cyberattack

New CIA-themed ‘sextortion’ scam uses SatoshiBox to extract payments

Xiaomi quickly patches serious vulnerability found in its security app

Coda Protocol raises $16M to build out its tiny blockchain

WeWork acquires office services company Managed by Q

SEC clarifies when initial coin offerings are securities

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