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 Cash price surges as Coinbase adds support

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin alternative Bitcoin Cash surged in trading Tuesday as cryptocurrency marketplace Coinbase Inc. added support for the new currency for the first time. Bitcoin Cash, a “forked” version of bitcoin, debuted at the beginning of August, when existing bitcoin …

Insidious new cryptocurrency mining malware can physically damage a victim’s phone

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

An insidious new form of Android malware detected in the wild deploys a cryptocurrency miner that can actually cause physical damage to phones, according to a newly published report. Dubbed “Loapi” by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab, the trojan malware is spread …

After a hack, South Korean bitcoin exchange Youbit files for bankruptcy

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

South Korean bitcoin exchange Youbit has ceased trading and announced it will file for bankruptcy after it was hacked for the second time this year. The new hack occurred in the early morning of Dec. 19 local time and resulted in the …

Overstock.com launches initial coin offering for blockchain trading platform

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Riding a boom in initial coin offerings, online retailer Overstock.com Inc. today launched its own. The “tZERO Security Token Sale,” slated to raise $250 million, is being pitched as a way for Overstock.com to develop a platform that “integrates cryptographically secure distributed ledgers with …

Data on 123M US households exposed in latest misconfigured AWS cloud storage case

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Data on 123 million U.S. household has been found unsecured and open to the public in the latest and possibly biggest case to date of a company failing to secure data on an Amazon Web Services Inc. storage “bucket.” Like those before, the …

Analyst predicts $400,000 price as one actual expert labels bitcoin ‘as good as useless’

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a day that has become typical of the contrast around bitcoin news, one analyst is predicting that the price of bitcoin will rise to as much $400,000, while an actual bitcoin expert has sold his holdings, saying that the cryptocurrency is …

Kaspersky sues US government over ‘unconstitutional’ ban

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Kaspersky Labs is fighting back against a ban by the U.S. federal government earlier this year by suing the Department of Homeland Security, calling the action unconstitutional. In September, the DHS said all government agencies should cease using Kaspersky products “based on …

Fintech company’s stock surges 2,400% after it acquires blockchain firm

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In the latest sign of bitcoin mania, a small New York City-based financial services company saw its stock price leap a staggering 2,400 percent just a few days after it acquired a blockchain company. The company, Longfin Corp., which claims to provide …

Critical vulnerability found in password manager bundled with Windows 10

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in a password manager bundled with Windows 10 that could allow any website to steal any password stored on a personal computer. Discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Travis Ormandy, the bug in the Keeper Password Manager was found …

Bitcoin price drops as CME Group debuts futures trading

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin dropped in trading Sunday after the long-hyped debut of futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fizzled on its debut. Bitcoin hit a new record high of $19,781.75 in the lead-up to the launch of the CME Group Inc. …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Bitcoin Cash price surges as Coinbase adds support

Insidious new cryptocurrency mining malware can physically damage a victim’s phone

After a hack, South Korean bitcoin exchange Youbit files for bankruptcy

Overstock.com launches initial coin offering for blockchain trading platform

Data on 123M US households exposed in latest misconfigured AWS cloud storage case

Analyst predicts $400,000 price as one actual expert labels bitcoin ‘as good as useless’

Kaspersky sues US government over ‘unconstitutional’ ban

Fintech company’s stock surges 2,400% after it acquires blockchain firm

Critical vulnerability found in password manager bundled with Windows 10

Bitcoin price drops as CME Group debuts futures trading

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