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

Hotel electronic locks vulnerable to simple security token manipulation hack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Hackers could create a master key that can be used to access electronic locks used by tens of thousands of hotels, putting the security of hotel rooms at risk. Detailed today by Tomi Tuominen and Timo Hirvonen, both researchers at the cybersecurity firm F-Secure, the …

Report: Sonos confidentially files paperwork for summer IPO

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Smart speaker and audio tech maker Sonos Inc. has confidentially filed for an initial public offering that could see it float as soon as summer, according to a report published today by the Wall Street Journal. The report, citing people familiar with the …

Twitter books another profit but shares drop on slow growth outlook

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Twitter Inc. shares dropped Wednesday despite the microblogging service beating market expectations with solid user growth and revenue in its first quarter. For the second quarter in a row, and its second quarter ever, Twitter reported a profit, coming in at $90 …

Survey: IT professionals believe endpoint security solutions are failing

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new survey out today from Minerva Labs Ltd. has found that a majority of information technology security professionals believe that endpoint security solutions are failing to provide adequate protection against modern security threats. Based on a survey of 600 professionals, the survey …

Security experts warn Ukraine ransomware attack could be a sign of worse to come

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A ransomware attack targeting the website of the Ukraine Energy and Coal Industry Ministry could be a sign of more nefarious attacks ahead, according to security industry experts. The attack, which took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning, involved a message appearing on the …

Cryptocurrency stolen from Ethereum wallet provider in Amazon domain service hijack

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Unknown hackers managed to hijack domain name servers operated by Amazon Web Services Inc. Tuesday, potentially stealing significant sums of cryptocurrency from popular Ethereum wallet provide MyEtherWallet. The hijack affected 1,300 internet protocol addresses hosted by AWS for approximately two hours from …

‘Unpatchable’ Nvidia Tegra X-1 flaw affects Nintendo Switch and other devices

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A vulnerability in Nvidia Corp.’s Tegra X-1 chips used by the Nintendo Switch, Google LLC’s Pixel C tablet and the Nvidia Shield digital media box that allows the devices to be easily hacked has been uncovered by a security researcher, but the worst …

Uber’s ride-hailing rival Didi Chuxing opens up shop in Mexico

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc.’s largest global rival, China’s Didi Chuxing Technology Co., has finally started its American expansion, opening up shop in Mexico in direct competition with Uber. The expansion into Mexico, first rumored in December, sees Didi Chuxing operating under the more simple-to-spell …

Middle East Uber rival Careem follows in its footsteps by getting hacked

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Uber Technology Inc.’s main ride-hailing rival in the Middle East, Careem Inc., has followed in its footsteps but not in a good way, as news broke Monday that a hacker had managed to steal millions of customer records. The hack, described by the …

Orangeworm targets X-ray machines and MRIs in latest healthcare hacking attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Just when you thought hacking attacks against healthcare facilities couldn’t get any worse, a new group dubbed “Orangeworm” is targeting X-ray machines and magnetic resonance imaging machines for data theft. According to Symantec, Orangeworm is planting the Kwampirs “backdoor” remote-access software on …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Hotel electronic locks vulnerable to simple security token manipulation hack

Report: Sonos confidentially files paperwork for summer IPO

Twitter books another profit but shares drop on slow growth outlook

Survey: IT professionals believe endpoint security solutions are failing

Security experts warn Ukraine ransomware attack could be a sign of worse to come

Cryptocurrency stolen from Ethereum wallet provider in Amazon domain service hijack

‘Unpatchable’ Nvidia Tegra X-1 flaw affects Nintendo Switch and other devices

Uber’s ride-hailing rival Didi Chuxing opens up shop in Mexico

Middle East Uber rival Careem follows in its footsteps by getting hacked

Orangeworm targets X-ray machines and MRIs in latest healthcare hacking attack

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