Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Apple’s MacOS Mojave released but with a major security vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Sep 24, 2018

Apple Inc. today released macOS 10.14 Mojave to the general public, but in a bad sign for the company, it has a major security vulnerability. Mojave was announced in June 4 with a beta release…

Cloud

Now used by 329,000 organizations, Microsoft Teams gets a raft of new features

By Duncan Riley Sep 24, 2018

Microsoft Corp. today released a number of new features for its Teams workplace collaboration service as it continues to grow in popularity against rival Slack Technologies Inc. The announcement started with an update on Teams…

Emerging Tech

Apple reportedly censors shows for its unlaunched streaming service to avoid upsetting people

By Duncan Riley Sep 23, 2018

Apple Inc.’s on-again, off-again plans to launch a paid streaming video service to compete with Netflix Inc. is apparently on again but with a twist: It’s already censoring content before launching to avoid upsetting…

Apps

Twitter bug exposed private messages to outside developers

By Duncan Riley Sep 23, 2018

Twitter Inc. has patched a vulnerability in one of its application programming interfaces that gave third parties access to direct messages and protected tweets. The so-called bug was discovered in Twitter’s Account Activity API,…

Emerging Tech

Updated: Prominent ‘stablecoin’ PAX has a backdoor that allows tokens to be seized

By Duncan Riley Sep 20, 2018

Updated with Paxos comment: Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies tied to tangible assets such as fiat currency, have been gaining more attention recently after two were recently given regulatory approval. Now the security of one is being…

Emerging Tech

$59.5M stolen in hack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif

By Duncan Riley Sep 20, 2018

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif is the latest to be hacked, reporting that 6.7 billion yen ($59.5 million) in crypto had been stolen from its service, including 5,966 bitcoins. The hack occurred on Sept. 14 over…

Emerging Tech

Report: Uber in talks to acquire rival food delivery service Deliveroo

By Duncan Riley Sep 20, 2018

Uber Technologies Inc. is in talks to acquire Roofoods Ltd., the U.K.-based food delivery startup better known by its trading name of Deliveroo. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the plans, claimed the talks between the…

Cloud

Adobe acquires marketing automation software firm Marketo for $4.75B

By Duncan Riley Sep 20, 2018

Adobe Systems Inc. today said it has acquired San Francisco-based marketing automation software firm Marketo Inc. for $4.75 billion, a week after rumors emerged the companies were in talks about a potential deal. Founded in 2006,…

Infra

Government payment provider exposes 14M customer records online

By Duncan Riley Sep 19, 2018

Government Payment Service Inc., a company that offers a service called GovPayNow used by U.S. state and local governments, exposed 14 million records online. Discovered by security researcher Brian Krebs and revealed Tuesday, the…

Infra

Massive increase in illicit cryptomining driven by leaked NSA exploit

By Duncan Riley Sep 19, 2018

Confirming a well-documented trend this year, a new report from the Cyber Threat Alliance finds that illicit cryptocurrency mining has surged this year. The report, released today, analyzed customer data from alliance members and found that…

Duncan Riley

Apple’s MacOS Mojave released but with a major security vulnerability

Now used by 329,000 organizations, Microsoft Teams gets a raft of new features

Apple reportedly censors shows for its unlaunched streaming service to avoid upsetting people

Twitter bug exposed private messages to outside developers

Updated: Prominent ‘stablecoin’ PAX has a backdoor that allows tokens to be seized

$59.5M stolen in hack of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif

Report: Uber in talks to acquire rival food delivery service Deliveroo

Government payment provider exposes 14M customer records online

Massive increase in illicit cryptomining driven by leaked NSA exploit

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