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

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Auvik introduces new features for SaaS management, network visibility and server monitoring

Cloud-based network management software firm Auvik Networks Inc. today announced a number of new capabilities in software-as-a-service automation, endpoint network visibility and server monitoring that give information technology teams and managed service providers greater visibility and control. The new capabilities include SaaS Automation and SaaS License Optimization within Auvik SaaS Management to enhance security and reduce unnecessary ...

Avaneidi launches CyberStorage to enhance enterprise storage security and reliability

Storage solutions startup Avaneidi S.p.A. today announced the launch of “CyberStorage by Avaneidi,” a scalable and reliable storage infrastructure offering that combines tailored secure hardware storage, data governance and advanced CyberShield capabilities into one unified platform. CyberStorage is designed to offer reliability at scale with data-driven insights that help enhance storage device performance and longevity ...

Enterprise AI adoption jumps 30-fold as organizations face growing cybersecurity risks

A new report out today from cloud security company Zscaler Inc. finds that enterprise usage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools has surged more than 30-fold from a year ago, and that rise also has hiked security concerns. The finding comes from the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report, based on insights from more than ...

Nvidia reportedly acquires Gretel for $320M+ to strengthen AI training tools

Nvidia Corp. has reportedly acquired Gretel Labs Inc., a synthetic data platform startup that helps developers and organizations generate artificial datasets that mirror the characteristics of real data for use in artificial intelligence models. Wired, referencing “two people with direct knowledge of the deal,” said the price paid for Gretel by Nvidia came in at ...

Utila raises $18M to meet demand for its institutional digital asset wallets

Digital asset operations platform startup Utila Inc. announced today that it has raised $18 million in new funding to scale up global operations to meet demand for its institutional multiparty computation wallets and expand its research and development efforts. Founded in 2022, Utila is an institutional digital asset operations platform that enables organizations to securely ...

Coralogix expands AI observability with AI Center for quality and security monitoring

Full-stack observability platform company Coralogix Ltd. today launched AI Center, a real-time observability platform designed to provide comprehensive insights into AI performance, quality, security and governance. AI Center seeks to assist with the growing issue where as enterprises adopt AI, they require rigorous oversight, as inadequate management can lead to unforeseen or inequitable outcomes. Coralogix argues that ...

AI-driven threats fuel rise in phishing and zero-day attacks

A new report out today from cloud security company Menlo Security Inc. reveal that there was a 140% increase in browser-based phishing attacks in 2024, among other findings. The findings come from Menlo Security’s annual State of Browser Security Report, which identifies several key drivers behind the sharp rise in browser-based attacks, including artificial intelligence-powered attacks, phishing-as-a-service ...

JFrog’s Conan introduces Conan Audit to strengthen C/C++ dependency security

JFrog Inc.-owned software package manager for C/C++ development environments Conan today introduced Conan Audit, a new security feature that enables developers to analyze dependencies for vulnerabilities before a project is built. Conan Audit has been designed to address the growing security challenges in the fragmented C/C++ ecosystem and integrates with the JFrog Platform to provide ...

Confluent expands AI and analytics capabilities in Apache Flink and Tableflow

Streaming data software provider Confluent Inc. today announced new artificial intelligence and analytics capabilities designed to simplify real-time data processing and enterprise intelligence. The announcements include updates to Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink that introduce what it says is seamless AI model inference, vector search and built-in machine learning functions. Meanwhile, enhancements to Tableflow improve ...

Flashpoint report highlights rising cyberthreats, with infostealers and ransomware leading the way

A new report out today from business risk intelligence startup Flashpoint has highlighted major cyberthreats shaping 2025, with infostealers, ransomware and vulnerabilities fueling an evolving, high-risk landscape. The findings come from the Flashpoint 2025 Global Threat Intelligence Report, based on 3.6 petabytes of data from open and dark web sources. The report reveals a surge in credential ...