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

Microsoft fixes 62 vulnerabilities in October ‘Patch Tuesday’ release

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has patched 62 vulnerabilities in its latest “Patch Tuesday” release, including one called CVE-2017-11826, a serious flaw that allows attackers to gain remote access to computers running the Windows operating system. Down from 81 security vulnerabilities patched in September, the …

Proof-of-concept demonstrates how easy it is to fool Apple users with a simple popup

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple iOS users are being warned to be aware of malicious popups after a mobile app developer published a proof-of-concept phishing attack that mimics a login prompt using a website popup. The proof-of-concept was detailed by Felix Krause, founder of the open-source app-building tool fastlane. He wrote in …

Gigya’s new Enterprise Preference Manager manages customer preferences and privacy

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Customer identity and access management platform Gigya Inc., soon to be owned by SAP SE, has launched the Gigya Enterprise Preference Manager, a new product designed to assist organizations build customer trust and address newly emerging privacy regulations. Available starting today, Enterprise Preference Manager is said …

In a big drop in valuation, MongoDB prices IPO at $18-20 per share

BIG DATA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc. is moving forward with its initial public offering, but the company set a price range that values it significantly below the level of its last venture capital round. According to its newly updated filing, MongoDB will …

Nuco raises $22M for its Aion interoperable blockchain platform

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Enterprise blockchain company Nuco Inc. has raised $22 million in an initial coin offering for its interoperable blockchain platform Aion. Described as a third-generation blockchain network, Aion is a multitier blockchain system designed to address unsolved questions of scalability, privacy and interoperability in …

Waymo launches a public education campaign to sell the benefits of self-driving cars

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Waymo Inc. is fighting back against negative public sentiment about self-driving cars with a new “public education” campaign that is intended to sell the benefits. The company, formerly known as Google LLC’s self-driving car project, has teamed with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the …

User data from hacks of Kickstarter and Bitly in 2014 is now available online

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

User data stolen from crowdfunding site Kickstarter and link shortening service Bitly Inc. has been indexed online three years after both sites were hacked. The new data, seemingly gathered from the dark web, a shady part of the internet accessible through special software, …

Australian police ran a child porn site for nearly a year to catch pedophiles

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Raising new questions about how far law enforcement should go to catch criminals, police in Queensland, Australia, ran a child pornography site on the dark web for nearly a year as a “honey trap” to capture child pornographers and those who view …

Alphabet and Tesla offer services for Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Alphabet Inc. and Tesla Inc. are both planning to provide support services to assist the people of Puerto Rico in their recovery post-Hurricane Maria. Alphabet, the parent company of Google LLC, has received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy a fleet …

GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza fined $9.8M for role in scam bitcoin mining operation

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In the final chapter of a long-running prosecution, Homero Joshua (Josh) Garza, the chief executive officer of fraudulent bitcoin mining operation GAW Miners, has been fined $9.18 million plus prejudgment interest of $742,774 for his role in the scam. The judgment, handed down …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Microsoft fixes 62 vulnerabilities in October ‘Patch Tuesday’ release

Proof-of-concept demonstrates how easy it is to fool Apple users with a simple popup

In a big drop in valuation, MongoDB prices IPO at $18-20 per share

Nuco raises $22M for its Aion interoperable blockchain platform

Waymo launches a public education campaign to sell the benefits of self-driving cars

User data from hacks of Kickstarter and Bitly in 2014 is now available online

Australian police ran a child porn site for nearly a year to catch pedophiles

Alphabet and Tesla offer services for Puerto Rico hurricane recovery effort

GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza fined $9.8M for role in scam bitcoin mining operation

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