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 plunges as regulatory and hacking fears drive market uncertainty

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin and other leading cryptocurrencies dropped Wednesday as regulatory fears along with rumors that a major exchange had been hacked plunged the market into uncertainty again. Leading the headlines was a statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

Oculus Rift headsets bricked as company forgets to update security certificate

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Oculus Rift owners are no longer embracing the virtual reality revolution today after the Facebook Inc.-owned VR headset company failed to update a security certificate, turning the headsets of its entire user base into expensive bricks. The screwup, and that’s putting it …

Amazon confirms Alexa is randomly laughing at Echo users – but not for long

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

“The machine is randomly laughing at me,” may sound like the words of a crazy person, but in 2018 it turns out that it’s a tech illness versus a mental one. Today Amazon.com Inc. confirmed widespread reports that Alexa, the “smart” assistant in …

Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm now claimed to be a national security risk

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Updated: Broadcom Ltd.’s effort to take over rival chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has hit a new hurdle, with one arm of the U.S. government pushing back against the deal on national security grounds. The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment said Tuesday that Broadcom’s acquisition of …

BlackBerry sues Facebook for patent infringement in Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is set to face the ghost of Christmas past in a court of law after BlackBerry Ltd. sued the social network giant for patent infringement in its mobile apps. BlackBerry, last in the news for having its site hacked for …

US Treasury bureau warns that ICOs need to register as money transmitters

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Treasury, published a letter Tuesday warning that initial coin offerings need to register as a money transmitter and also comply with anti-money-laundering statutes and know-your-customer rules. The letter, written by FinCEN’s …

Snyk raises $7M to secure usage of open-source software for developers

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

British security firm Snyk Ltd. has raised $7 million in new funding for its protection service for developers who use open-source software. The Series A round for the three-year-old startup was led by Boldstart Ventures and Canaan Partners and included Heavybit, FundFire, …

Report finds ransomware is becoming just another tool in the hacker utility belt

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Ransomware is evolving into just another tool in hackers’ utility belts as cybercriminals move away from opportunistic attacks and move on to more profitable types of attacks, according to a report from Recorded Future’s Allan Liska. The “5 Ransomware Trends to Watch in …

Robotic process automation startup UiPath raises $153M on $1.1B+ valuation

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Robotic process automation startup UiPath Inc. has raised a healthy $153 million in new funding, giving it a “unicorn” valuation topping $1.1 billion. The Series B round was led by Accel and included CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Earlybird’s Digital East Fund, Credo Ventures …

Monster Memcached: Another new record attack detected

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In what could be the most disturbing security trend of 2018, another new record distributed denial-of-service attack has been detected as hackers continue to exploit a technique that uses the Memcached memory caching system to amplify data volume. The new Memcached-based DDoS attack, detected by Arbor …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bitcoin plunges as regulatory and hacking fears drive market uncertainty

Oculus Rift headsets bricked as company forgets to update security certificate

Amazon confirms Alexa is randomly laughing at Echo users – but not for long

Broadcom’s takeover of Qualcomm now claimed to be a national security risk

BlackBerry sues Facebook for patent infringement in Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps

US Treasury bureau warns that ICOs need to register as money transmitters

Snyk raises $7M to secure usage of open-source software for developers

Report finds ransomware is becoming just another tool in the hacker utility belt

Robotic process automation startup UiPath raises $153M on $1.1B+ valuation

Monster Memcached: Another new record attack detected

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