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

SpaceX obtains approval to launch an additional 7,518 space internet satellites

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Elon Musk’s internet-in-space project today received a boost, as SpaceX Corp. got approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to launch an additional 7,518 broadband satellites. The additional satellites, which are on top of the 4,425 for which SpaceX already has approval, form part …

Alex Jones blames industrial and political sabotage following hack of Infowars Store

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The Infowars Store, the merchandise site of controversial conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has been hacked and details of customers purchasing items on the site stolen. The discovery, made by Dutch security researcher Willem de Groot and first reported by ZDNet Wednesday, involved a …

ICS cybersecurity startup Dragos raises $37M in new funding

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Industrial control system cybersecurity startup Dragos Inc. said today it has raised $37 million in new funding to continue its “mission of safeguarding civilization.” The Series B round was led by Canaan and included Emerson Electric Co., National Grid Partners, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories …

Bitcoin hits 18-month low as Bitcoin Cash dispute drives cryptocurrency prices downward

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin has dropped to an 18-month low as instability in cryptocurrency markets, driven by a dispute over the future of Bitcoin Cash, prompted mass selloffs across the board. Bitcoin Cash is both a rival cryptocurrency to bitcoin and a …

Uber books a $1.07B loss as it staggers toward a public offering

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. today reported a big loss in its third quarter as it staggers toward an expected initial public offering in the first half of 2019. Uber reported a $1.07 billion loss in the quarter ended Sept. 30, adjusted down on …

Machine learning and data science lead fight against cyberattacks

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cybersecurity is moving away from antivirus detection to utilizing machine learning and data science to combat ever-evolving attacks. That’s the key takeaway from a new report out today from security firm Sophos Group plc. The SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report details the changes to the …

Report finds container and Kubernetes security is not being taken seriously

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new report from threat detection startup StackRox Inc., written in conjunction with CyberEdge Group, has found that most organizations do not feel prepared to adequately secure cloud-native applications despite surging adoption of containers and Kubernetes. The inaugural “The State of Container …

Facebook patches bug that could have allowed outsiders to steal user data

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. has patched a bug that could have allowed other parties to access data from user profiles without permission, including interests and likes. Discovered by Ron Masas, security researcher at Imperva Inc., the bug exposed Facebook search results to a cross-site request …

Nordstrom data breach exposes confidential employee information

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Retailer Nordstrom Inc. is the latest retailer to be affected by a data breach that exposed employee data. The company informed employees of the data theft late last week, saying that the data included social security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and …

Microsoft patches actively exploited vulnerability, re-releases Windows 10 update

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. today released a patch for a serious vulnerability that’s being actively exploited in the wild as well as re-releasing its troubled Windows 10 update. Delivered as part of Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday release, the patch addressed CVE-2018-8589, a vulnerability in Windows …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

SpaceX obtains approval to launch an additional 7,518 space internet satellites

Alex Jones blames industrial and political sabotage following hack of Infowars Store

ICS cybersecurity startup Dragos raises $37M in new funding

Bitcoin hits 18-month low as Bitcoin Cash dispute drives cryptocurrency prices downward

Uber books a $1.07B loss as it staggers toward a public offering

Machine learning and data science lead fight against cyberattacks

Facebook patches bug that could have allowed outsiders to steal user data

Nordstrom data breach exposes confidential employee information

Microsoft patches actively exploited vulnerability, re-releases Windows 10 update

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