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

3.1M customer records stolen in hack of Toyota

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Toyota Motor Corp. has announced a new data breach involving the theft of customer details from its dealerships in Japan, its second data breach in five weeks. The new breach is believed to affect 3.1 million customers and involved the theft of …

$18M in cryptocurrency stolen in latest hack of Bithumb

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been hacked yet again, with around $18 million in EOS cryptocurrency stolen. The details come from the exchange, which posted on a link to an article on Twitter Saturday, in Korean, explaining what had occurred. The article …

Security consultant claims Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi Arabia

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The Saudi Arabia Government has allegedly hacked and gained access to the phone of Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, according to the CEO’s own hired security consultant. The claim comes from Gavin De Becker, a private security specialist employed by Bezos …

Cisco bungles security updates for routers used by ISPs and enterprises

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In a strange turn of events for an otherwise standup company, Cisco Systems Inc. has bungled security updates for a number of its routers. Security flaws that affect Cisco RV320 and RV325 WAN VPN routers used by internet security providers and enterprises …

Gustuff Android malware targets 125+ banking and cryptocurrency apps

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered form of Android malware has stolen cryptocurrency and banking data from more than 125 different apps. Discovered by security researchers at Group-IB, the “Gustuff” Trojan virus is said to be gaining popularity in the cybercriminal underworld given that it’s tailored specifically …

Former NSA contractor pleads guilty to data theft, faces up to 9 years in jail

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A former U.S. National Security Agency contractor has pleaded guilty to one charge of stealing a classified document as part of a plea deal first pitched in January. Harold T. Martin III was arrested in August 2016 and was found in possession …

Carta, a startup that helps other startups, reportedly raising $300M on $1.8B valuation

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Carta Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based startup that helps companies, investors and employees manage their equity in other startups, is raising a new round of $300 million on a $1.8 billion valuation, according to an unconfirmed report published Thursday. The report comes from …

Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency brokerage startup Tagomi obtains NY BitLicense

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cryptocurrency brokerage startup Tagomi Trading LLC has obtained a New York Department of Financial Services BitLicense, the 18th company to do so. A division of Tagomi Systems Inc., a startup backed by Peter Thiel and founded in 2017, the startup combines institutional-grade services …

61 arrested, cryptocurrency seized in FBI-led raids again darknet vendors

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Sixty-one people have been arrested and $4.5 million in cryptocurrency seized in a joint operation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that targeted drug dealing on the Darknet. Operation SaboTor, a play of the words sabotage and Tor, the software used to …

500M+ Android users exposed to vulnerability in Alibaba’s UC Browser

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

UC Browser, a web browser offered on the Google Play Store with more than 500 million downloads, has been found to contain a vulnerability that could allow hackers to insert malicious files on a user’s device. Discovered by researchers at antivirus firm …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

3.1M customer records stolen in hack of Toyota

$18M in cryptocurrency stolen in latest hack of Bithumb

Security consultant claims Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked by Saudi Arabia

Cisco bungles security updates for routers used by ISPs and enterprises

Gustuff Android malware targets 125+ banking and cryptocurrency apps

Former NSA contractor pleads guilty to data theft, faces up to 9 years in jail

Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency brokerage startup Tagomi obtains NY BitLicense

61 arrested, cryptocurrency seized in FBI-led raids again darknet vendors

500M+ Android users exposed to vulnerability in Alibaba’s UC Browser

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