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

Security report warns of rising cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new report released today by cybersecurity firm Carbon Black Inc. predicts a change in the security landscape in 2019 based on the rise of cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension. The 2019 Global Threat Report analyzes data gathered from Carbon Black customer endpoints through …

Security researchers detail serious ‘Anatova’ ransomware

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Security researchers at McAfee LLC today detailed the discovery of a new ransomware family that is targeting consumers across the globe. Dubbed “Anatova” based on the name of the ransom note, the ransomware was discovered in a private peer-to-peer network and targets …

Microsoft launches new education products as Google claims record Chromebook use

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The battle for classroom supremacy is heating up. Today Microsoft Corp. announced new products for the education market, while Google LLC is claiming record numbers for its Chromebooks thanks to success in schools as well. Ahead of the Bett educational show in …

Homeland Security issues emergency directive following targeted DNS attacks

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The Department of Homeland Security today issued an emergency directive ordering federal agencies to audit all Domain Name System records within 10 days. The directive comes in response to a known security threat, in this case attempts by hackers to hijack DNS records …

MySQL database management vulnerability opens the door to data theft

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A flaw in the highly popular MySQL database management system can allow malicious servers to steal files from clients. First reported by Security Boulevard Friday and then picked up in more detail today by Bleeping Computer, the design flaw was found in the file transfer …

108M online casino customer records exposed in latest case of misconfigured database

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In another case of an incorrectly configured online database, an online casino group has compromised the information of 108 million bets. The data was exposed via a misconfigured Elasticsearch database, according to a report today from ZDNet. The breach included data from sites such …

As bitcoin tests monthly lows, one investor predicts better days ahead

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

As the price of bitcoin tested new monthly lows over the weekend, one investor was far more upbeat, predicting better days ahead for the cryptocurrency. Alistair Milne, chief investment officer at Atlanta Digital Currency Fund, made the forecast on social media of …

Two senior execs leave Snap following ‘inappropriate relationship’ scandal

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Turmoil in the senior ranks of Snap Inc. continues amid reports that the company has lost two more senior executives following a scandal over an inappropriate relationship. Cheddar reported Friday that Francis Racioppi, Snap’s director of global security, has been fired after an investigation …

Uber is hiring engineers to develop self-driving bikes and e-scooters

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Despite its troubles in developing self-driving cars, Uber Technologies Inc. is hiring engineers to bring autonomous vehicle technology to bicycles and electric scooters. The announcement, made by Uber at a DIYRobocars event on Sunday, sees the company hiring “Micromobility” engineers to develop “autonomous scooters and bikes …

VOIPo database exposes millions of call logs and text messages online

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Millions of call logs and SMS text messages have been found exposed on a misconfigured database belonging to “voice over internet protocol” provider VOIPo LLC. Discovered by Cloudflare Inc. security researcher Justin Paine, the data was spotted via the Shodan security search engine …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Security report warns of rising cyberattacks fueled by geopolitical tension

Security researchers detail serious ‘Anatova’ ransomware

Microsoft launches new education products as Google claims record Chromebook use

Homeland Security issues emergency directive following targeted DNS attacks

MySQL database management vulnerability opens the door to data theft

108M online casino customer records exposed in latest case of misconfigured database

As bitcoin tests monthly lows, one investor predicts better days ahead

Two senior execs leave Snap following ‘inappropriate relationship’ scandal

VOIPo database exposes millions of call logs and text messages online

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