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

Bitcoin uses one of its nine lives as price surges following US tax day

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin may be again using one of its nine lives. The cryptocurrency experienced a price surge following the U.S. “tax day,” the deadline given by the Internal Revenue Service for tax returns to be filed. Having bottomed out at $7,872.25 on April 17, bitcoin …

SunTrust employee data theft highlights need to strengthen internal security

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

SunTrust Bank Inc. disclosed Friday that a former employee may have stolen details of as many as 1.5 million customer accounts in a case that many believe highlights the need for companies to improve internal security. According to CNBC, the former employee of …

Gmail spam attack pretends to have been sent by users themselves

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A strange spam attack that spoofs senders themselves is affecting Gmail users Sunday. Google LLC itself describes it as a “small subset of users” but may be more widespread. The first indication of something strange is Gmail users receiving inbox messages that are …

Malware app pretending to offer stress relief targets Facebook credentials

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

At least 40,000 Facebook accounts have been compromised via a new form of malware distributed via a painting application. Called “StressPaint,” the application, pitched as offering to relieve stress by painting, is being spread through phishing emails and on Facebook itself, according to security …

Amazon awarded patent for streaming data marketplace with bitcoin uses

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Amazon Technologies Inc., a unit of Amazon.com Inc., has been awarded a patent for a streaming data marketplace that can track data in real-time and also track cryptocurrency transactions. The patent, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2014 and approved …

Minecraft players infected by malware-infested skins offered on official store

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

As many as 50,000 Minecraft players have been infected by malware that could delete the contents of their hard drive after downloading infected game skins from the official Minecraft store. The malware, discovered by security firm Avast Software s.r.o., was delivered inside …

20M+ Chrome users exposed to fake data-stealing ad blockers

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

More than 20 million Google Chrome users may be using fake ad blocking software. That’s apparent after a security researcher found five examples that while actually blocking ads as advertised, stole user information and manipulated web browsing instead. The discovery, made by AdGuard …

48M social media records exposed in latest cloud storage mishap

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Seattle data gathering firm LocalBlox Inc. is the latest company to expose data via a misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 storage instance — a lot of data. In this case, in involved 48 million records relating to social media information. Discovered …

Stripe launches new machine learning-based fraud prevention tool

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Payment processing startup Stripe Inc. has launched a new version of its Radar fraud prevention system to improve its ability to take on fraudulent payments. Dubbed Radar 2.0, the updated system features new tools designed for enterprise organizations to tailor defenses for their individual company …

Bitcoin price drops after New York launches investigation into cryptoexchanges

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin dropped Tuesday after news broke that the New York Attorney General has launched an investigation into 13 cryptocurrency exchanges, although exactly what the office is investigating isn’t entirely clear. The price drop, surprising to some given that the market believed …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bitcoin uses one of its nine lives as price surges following US tax day

SunTrust employee data theft highlights need to strengthen internal security

Gmail spam attack pretends to have been sent by users themselves

Malware app pretending to offer stress relief targets Facebook credentials

Amazon awarded patent for streaming data marketplace with bitcoin uses

Minecraft players infected by malware-infested skins offered on official store

20M+ Chrome users exposed to fake data-stealing ad blockers

48M social media records exposed in latest cloud storage mishap

Stripe launches new machine learning-based fraud prevention tool

Bitcoin price drops after New York launches investigation into cryptoexchanges

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