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

261,000 customer records stolen in hack of cryptocurrency investment service

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cryptocurrency investing service Atlas Quantum is the latest crypto company to be hacked, but in a different twist it’s not bitcoin that has been stolen but customer data. The hack, disclosed by Atlas Quantum on Sunday and later detailed by Have I Been Pwned, is said …

Report: Microsoft has abandoned development of a VR headset

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. is said to have abandoned development of a virtual reality headset for its XBox gaming console because of technological limitations, according to a report published Monday. That may not immediately appear remarkable, since as CNet pointed out, Microsoft itself claimed it …

This self-driving car startup you’ve never heard of is delivering food in Silicon Valley

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

AutoX Inc., an obscure self-driving car startup with offices in China and Silicon Valley, has launched a pilot autonomous vehicle food delivery service in San Jose, California, in what’s being claimed to be a first. The pilot program will initially be limited …

Toyota invests $500M into Uber as part of a technology sharing deal

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Toyota Motor Corp. has invested $500 million into Uber Technologies Inc. as part of a broader deal that will see the two companies work together on autonomous vehicle technology. The round, somewhat of a surprise given that Uber has already raised $21.7 …

Proof-of-concept code discovered for Apache Struts 2 vulnerability found in millions of systems

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In what is shaping up to be potentially the biggest security threat of 2018, proof-of-concept code has been found on GitHub that allows for easy exploitation of the critical vulnerability discovered in Apache Struts 2 Aug. 22. Discovered by security researchers at …

China’s Didi Chuxing suspends carpooling service after latest passenger murder

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Chinese ride-hailing Didi Chuxing Technology Co. has suspended its Hitch carpooling service after a driver murdered a passenger, the second homicide involving the service since May. The murder was disclosed by police in the city of Leqing, south of Shanghai on Saturday after they …

North Korean hackers target cryptocurrency traders in ‘Operation AppleJeus’

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Infamous North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus is targeting cryptocurrency traders with a new malware campaign dubbed “Operation AppleJeus.” Uncovered by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab and publicized Thursday, the campaign was first detected during an investigation into a hack of an unnamed Asian …

Report: Microsoft being investigated over alleged bribery in Hungary

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice over potential bribery and corruption allegations connected to software sales in Hungary, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. According to “people familiar with the matter” …

Serious Apache Struts 2 vulnerability allows hackers to execute remote code

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The Apache Software Foundation issued an urgent patch Tuesday for a serious vulnerability in Struts 2 that allows hackers to execute remote code on servers and websites. The vulnerability, CVE-2018-11776, discovered by Semmle Ltd. security researcher Man Yue Mo, is the result of insufficient …

Bitcoin price drops as SEC rejects nine applications for exchange-traded funds

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin dropped Wednesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange rejected a record nine applications for bitcoin exchange-traded funds. The decision affected applications for two bitcoin ETFs filed by ProShares, one from GraniteShares and five ETFs from Direxion. Reflecting the same concerns …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

261,000 customer records stolen in hack of cryptocurrency investment service

Report: Microsoft has abandoned development of a VR headset

This self-driving car startup you’ve never heard of is delivering food in Silicon Valley

Toyota invests $500M into Uber as part of a technology sharing deal

Proof-of-concept code discovered for Apache Struts 2 vulnerability found in millions of systems

China’s Didi Chuxing suspends carpooling service after latest passenger murder

North Korean hackers target cryptocurrency traders in ‘Operation AppleJeus’

Report: Microsoft being investigated over alleged bribery in Hungary

Serious Apache Struts 2 vulnerability allows hackers to execute remote code

Bitcoin price drops as SEC rejects nine applications for exchange-traded funds

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