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

Good news, everyone! IRS extends tax filing deadline after system crash

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has graciously extended the ability for people to file their annual tax returns to April 18 after its systems managed to go offline a lot of April 17, the day by which taxpayers were required to file …

Report finds many IT managers are clueless when it comes to network traffic

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new report from security firm Sophos Group plc has found that information technology managers cannot identify nearly half of the traffic on their networks, representing a major risk to organizations and enterprises of all shapes and sizes. The “Dirty Secrets of …

Ransomware declines as cryptomining hacks surge in the first quarter

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Ransomware is becoming passé among hackers as cryptomining hacks surged to become the most popular form of malware detected in the first quarter, according to a new report out today from the Comodo Cybersecurity Threat Research Labs. The “Global Malware Report Q1 2018” report …

YouTube ICO guru hacked while livestreaming cryptocurrency investment advice

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A YouTube guru who pitches initial coin offerings to a surprisingly willing audience has been hacked while livestreaming, the latest in a growing list of cryptocurrency-related heists. Ian Balina, referred to favorably by some as a “cryptocurrency investor, adviser and evangelist,” but …

Ikea-owned handyman service TaskRabbit offline following ‘cybersecurity incident’

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Handyman-for-hire marketplace TaskRabbit Inc., acquired by flat-pack furniture retailer IKEA Group in September, is offline. The company told customers that it’s investigating a “cybersecurity incident.” Exactly what has occurred is not clear at this stage, but TaskRabbit took down both its website and …

Coinbase acquires paid inbox startup Earn.com for $100M+

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Coinbase Inc. today said it has acquired Earn.com Inc., a Silicon Valley startup that offers bitcoin payments to users who respond to emails and undertake small tasks. Although the figure on the deal was not officially disclosed, Recode pegs it at “slightly more …

Thailand telco exposes tourist passport scans in latest AWS misconfiguration case

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

TrueMove H, the mobile phone arm of Thailand’s largest pay-TV operator True Corp., has exposed data, including that of tourists, in the latest Amazon Web Services S3 misconfiguration story. Fortunately, the breach wasn’t in great numbers. The data exposure, discovered by cybersecurity researcher Niall …

Old Microsoft IIS vulnerability targeted in new cryptomining attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

An old vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Information Services 6.0 platform is once again being targeted in a cryptomining attack, but this time around, the cryptocurrency being mined is different. The vulnerability, CVE-2017-7269, revealed in March 2017, is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability that is believed …

Uber agrees to expand settlement with FTC in relation to its 2016 hack

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to expand its proposed settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over its infamous 2016 hack, in a sign that the two parties may be close to signing off on a settlement once and for all. Under …

Tesla and NTSB fall out over Model X crash death investigation

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Tesla Inc. is no longer cooperating with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigation into the crash of a Model X in autonomous mode that killed a man in Mountain View last month — but just why remains uncleaer. Depending on whom you …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Good news, everyone! IRS extends tax filing deadline after system crash

Report finds many IT managers are clueless when it comes to network traffic

Ransomware declines as cryptomining hacks surge in the first quarter

YouTube ICO guru hacked while livestreaming cryptocurrency investment advice

Ikea-owned handyman service TaskRabbit offline following ‘cybersecurity incident’

Coinbase acquires paid inbox startup Earn.com for $100M+

Thailand telco exposes tourist passport scans in latest AWS misconfiguration case

Old Microsoft IIS vulnerability targeted in new cryptomining attack

Uber agrees to expand settlement with FTC in relation to its 2016 hack

Tesla and NTSB fall out over Model X crash death investigation

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