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

From Russia with love: Country flip-flops on cryptocurrencies again

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Russia has long been all over the place on cryptocurrency regulations, at times looking to ban them, then seemingly looking to legalize them. Now, the country has both embraced and seemingly spoken out against cryptocurrencies all in the same week. Likely driven by …

Microsoft rushes out patch for critical Windows Defender vulnerability

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

For the second month in a row, Microsoft Corp. has released a security-related patch ahead of its traditional “Patch Tuesday” release, addressing a critical vulnerability in its Windows Defender security software. The patch released by Microsoft today directly addresses a vulnerability called …

Pipeline companies taken offline after hack targets their supplier

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

At least five separate U.S. pipeline companies have been forced to shut down their communications systems or have suffered downtime after an outside company used by them was compromised in the latest attack on the energy industry. The hack targeted Latitude Technologies Inc., …

Report finds enterprises are often their own worst enemy when it comes to file security

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new report from data security firm Varonis Systems Inc. has found that enterprises are often their own worst enemy when it comes to security by exposing confidential files and folders to employees who did not require access to them. The report, …

37M Panera Bread customer records found to be exposed to all and sundry

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Some 37 million customers of the Panera Bread Co. may have had their personal information stolen after it was disclosed that the cafe chain left the data exposed on its servers in plain text for all and sundry to download. The data breach was …

Intel announces it won’t be patching Spectre vulnerabilities in older chips

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Intel Corp. has said in a microcode revision guidance that it will not be issuing patches for older chips against the Spectre v2 vulnerability that was first revealed in early January, potentially exposing millions of Intel users to hacking. In its guidance issued Monday, which …

BlackBerry sues Snap in latest case of messaging-related patent trolling

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Snap Inc. is the latest company set to face the ghost of Christmas past in a court of law after BlackBerry Ltd. sued the millennial messaging service for patent infringement in its mobile app. Building on its lawsuit against Facebook Inc. last month, …

McAfee report finds critical cybersecurity skills shortage. Could gamers fill the gap?

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A new report from McAfee Inc. details a critical skills shortage among cybersecurity professionals but suggests one way out may be hiring gamers to do the jobs. The “Winning the Game” report released early Tuesday investigated key challenges facing information technology security organizations …

SEC shuts down initial coin offering promoted by boxer Floyd Mayweather

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing its crackdown on illegal initial coin offerings, taking action against another ICO, this one promoted by former World Heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Sohrab “Sam” Sharma and Robert Farkas, co-founders of a company called Centra Tech …

As Spotify is set to go public, tech education startup Pluralsight files for an IPO too

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Despite ongoing market volatility, the market for tech initial public offerings continues to drive full steam ahead. Music streaming startup Spotify Technologies SA set to go public Tuesday, while Pluralsight LLC, a Utah-based technology education company, filed its IPO paperwork with the …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

From Russia with love: Country flip-flops on cryptocurrencies again

Microsoft rushes out patch for critical Windows Defender vulnerability

Pipeline companies taken offline after hack targets their supplier

Report finds enterprises are often their own worst enemy when it comes to file security

37M Panera Bread customer records found to be exposed to all and sundry

Intel announces it won’t be patching Spectre vulnerabilities in older chips

BlackBerry sues Snap in latest case of messaging-related patent trolling

McAfee report finds critical cybersecurity skills shortage. Could gamers fill the gap?

SEC shuts down initial coin offering promoted by boxer Floyd Mayweather

As Spotify is set to go public, tech education startup Pluralsight files for an IPO too

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