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

Apple patches HomeKit vulnerability that could have given burglars access to smart locks

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has patched a serious vulnerability in its HomeKit smart home software framework that could allow malicious actors to hijack and control any device connected using the platform. The “zero-day” or previously undiscovered vulnerability, first reported by 9to5Mac today, allowed unauthorized control …

Microsoft and AXA invest in application protection startup Contrast Security

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Application security startup Contrast Security Inc. has raised additional funding from Microsoft Ventures and AXA Strategic Ventures as an extension of its previous $30 million Series C round announced in October. Founded in 2014, Contrast Security offers “self-protecting” security software that is designed to protect enterprise software applications …

Ashley Madison found to be exposing members’ private photos without permission

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Notorious cheating hookup site Ashley Madison is back in the news after it was discovered that the site was exposing private, often sexually explicit member photographs to other members without permission. Discovered by security researchers Bob Diachenko and Matt Svensson, the exposure involves the way …

As bitcoin passes $14,000, game platform Steam abandons it: too volatile

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Updated: The price of bitcoin keeps on rising, breaking through $14,000 in trading late Wednesday — and then soaring past $16,000 on Thursday. But its status as a currency, crypto or otherwise, has hit a new low as the gaming service Steam stopped accepting …

$68M in bitcoin stolen in hack of NiceHash mining marketplace

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin mining marketplace NiceHash has been hacked as a large sum believed to amount to $68 million in bitcoin was stolen from the site. The news was confirmed by NiceHash after the service went offline claiming to be undergoing maintenance. While not providing …

Retirement investment options for bitcoin fans: IRAs and island ownership?

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Those looking to park some of their bitcoin holdings into long-term investment opportunities for retirement or old age now have two new options of widely divergent usefulness. One appears to be entirely speculative and possibly nothing more than a marketing stunt, while …

Mastermind behind notorious Andromeda Botnet arrested in Belarus

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The mastermind behind a notorious botnet operating since 2011 has been arrested following an international law enforcement effort to bring an end to his online activities. 33-year-old Sergey Jaretz of Rechitsa, Belarus was arrested by local authorities Dec. 4 on behalf of …

Report: Apple acquires podcast search engine Pop Up Archive

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is reported to have acquired Pop Up Archive, an Oakland, California-based startup that offered an online platform of tools for organizing and searching digital spoken words. Neither company has confirmed or denied a deal has taken place, but Nieman Lab was …

Keyboard maker AI.type exposes 31M customer records in latest database breach

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Another day, another misconfigured database exposing customer data online. Today’s data breach involving 31 million records collected by Israeli emoji mobile keyboard maker AI.type. First spotted by the Kromtech Security Center, the data was found on a misconfigured MongoDB installation that AI.type had failed …

PayPal reveals payment company it acquired earlier this year was hacked

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

PayPal Holdings Inc. has revealed that TIO Networks Inc., a financial services company that facilitates bill payments in offline locations it acquired earlier this year, was hacked and private data from 1.6 million customers was compromised. In a statement, PayPal said that …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Apple patches HomeKit vulnerability that could have given burglars access to smart locks

Microsoft and AXA invest in application protection startup Contrast Security

Ashley Madison found to be exposing members’ private photos without permission

As bitcoin passes $14,000, game platform Steam abandons it: too volatile

$68M in bitcoin stolen in hack of NiceHash mining marketplace

Retirement investment options for bitcoin fans: IRAs and island ownership?

Mastermind behind notorious Andromeda Botnet arrested in Belarus

Report: Apple acquires podcast search engine Pop Up Archive

Keyboard maker AI.type exposes 31M customer records in latest database breach

PayPal reveals payment company it acquired earlier this year was hacked

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