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

A day of cybersecurity infamy: the lessons of WannaCry one year on

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In a day that will live in cybersecurity infamy, the WannaCry ransomware was first detected in the wild on this day in 2017. The attack would go on to cause an estimated $8 billion in damages and bring ransomware attacks to the …

LG patches serious vulnerabilities in its phone keyboard software

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Users of smartphones made by LG Electronics Inc. are being encouraged to update their phones quickly following the disclosure of two security vulnerabilities in the default keyboard. First detailed by Check Point Security Software Technologies Ltd. in a report Tuesday, the two …

At-Bay raises $13M to expand its cybersecurity monitoring and insurance service

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Cyberinsurance company At-Bay Inc. has raised $13 million in new funding to accelerate development of its cybersecurity monitoring service and its insurance products, pitched as providing “insurance for the digital age.” The round was led by Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures, Yoni Cheifetz of …

Two-factor authentication easily bypassed in proof-of-concept attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

KnowBe4 Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick has demonstrated a proof-of-concept attack that uses social engineering and fake domain names to bypass two-factor authentication security, a disturbing turn of events for a commonly used form of security. The attack targets accounts with a …

NTSB investigates Tesla battery safety following fatal Florida crash

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Tesla Inc.’s run of bad news is continuing as the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into a Model S that crashed Tuesday and caught fire in Florida, killing two teenagers. The crash occurred about six weeks after a Model X crashed into a …

Most operating systems add vulnerability based on ‘misunderstanding’

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In an age when tech companies are obsessed with diversity, all operating system makers, nearly without fail, have delivered the ultimate equal-opportunity error. In particular, they introduced a serious vulnerability that is being described by many as a “misunderstanding” of Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro …

US gives green light to drone delivery test program

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Department of Transportation is expanding its drone testing program, giving permission to 10 state, local and tribal governments to take part in a new pilot program that will test drones primarily as delivery vehicles. Those given approval Tuesday to test delivery drones …

Microsoft targets state-sponsored hackers in latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ release

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has focused on addressing vulnerabilities being used by suspected state-sponsored hackers as part of its monthly “Patch Tuesday” release, issuing patches for two actively targeted new attacks used to steal data. In one case, an advanced persistent threat group, which is …

Waymo to launch commercial driverless ride-hailing service in Phoenix

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In a monumental move, Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo announced Tuesday that it will deploy a commercial, fully autonomous vehicle ride-hailing service with no safety drivers in Phoenix, Arizona, later this year. The company, formerly known as the Google self-driving car project, launched a …

Equifax raises the number of consumers hacked to 146.6M

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Just when it was thought the infamous hack of consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. couldn’t get any worse, it has. The company has disclosed that even more customer data was stolen than per its previous estimates. The revised numbers come from a filing …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

A day of cybersecurity infamy: the lessons of WannaCry one year on

LG patches serious vulnerabilities in its phone keyboard software

At-Bay raises $13M to expand its cybersecurity monitoring and insurance service

Two-factor authentication easily bypassed in proof-of-concept attack

NTSB investigates Tesla battery safety following fatal Florida crash

Most operating systems add vulnerability based on ‘misunderstanding’

US gives green light to drone delivery test program

Microsoft targets state-sponsored hackers in latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ release

Waymo to launch commercial driverless ride-hailing service in Phoenix

Equifax raises the number of consumers hacked to 146.6M

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