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

Smart home devices aren’t child’s play: Mattel cancels Aristotle baby monitor

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Toy maker Mattel Inc. has canceled plans to release Aristotle, an all-in-one voice-controlled smart baby monitor come smart home hub, thanks to privacy concerns. The device, first previewed in January, included a camera and hub that in addition to being a baby monitor …

Apple issues update to patch password vulnerabilities in High Sierra operating software

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has issued a security update for macOS High Sierra that patches a severe vulnerability identified in September that allows unsigned apps to capture plain-text passwords from the Mac keychain. The High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update actually fixes two security issues, …

Russian hackers alleged to have stolen NSA data via Kaspersky antivirus software

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hackers acting on behalf of the Russian government are alleged to have stolen sensitive data, including exploits, from a contractor working for the National Security Agency, according to a report published Thursday. The Wall Street Journal claimed that the hack took place in …

Survey finds enterprises are overlooking domain name server security

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new survey has found that domain name server security is being overlooked by many enterprises, leaving them wide open to attack. The survey, commissioned by Infoblox Inc. and undertaken by Dimensional Research, polled 1,000 security and information technology professionals and found that …

Cloudflare bans websites running cryptocurrency mining scripts

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. has banned sites that use JavaScript code to hijack visitors for the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies, according to a report published Wednesday. TorrentFreak claimed that Cloudflare, which is “often criticized for not being harsh enough on pirate sites” is …

HYPR raises $8M to expand its decentralized authentication platform

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

HYPR Corp. has raised $8 million in a Series A round in its bid to rid the world of all these mass data breaches. Founded in 2014, HYPR offers an enterprise-focused decentralized authentication platform that ensures that personal credentials remain safe on individual devices. …

Samsung embraces Windows Mixed Reality with the new HMD Odyssey headset

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled a new Windows-powered virtual and augmented reality headset at a Microsoft Corp. event Tuesday that’s said to deliver the highest-resolution display to take “consumers to entirely new virtual limits.” Called the Samsung HMD Odyssey, the headset, claimed to be the “most …

Microsoft saves AltspaceVR from virtual reality death with real-world acquisition

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has acquired virtual reality social platform startup AltspaceVR Inc., the companies announced today The price of the deal was not disclosed, but it’s likely to have come at a discount on the $15.7 million AltspaceVR had previously raised, given the company had …

Largest data breach ever: Turns out 3B Yahoo accounts were compromised

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Verizon Communications Inc. has disclosed that the hack of Yahoo in August 2013 did not involve the compromise of 1 billion accounts as reported in December. Instead, it was all 3 billion Yahoo accounts, making it the largest data breach in history. The data stolen …

Etherparty initial coin offering website hacked

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The website for Etherparty, an initial coin offering selling tokens for a blockchain-based smart contract tool, has been hacked, as the address for sending funds to buy tokens was changed to one controlled by the hackers. The hack took place on the first …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Smart home devices aren’t child’s play: Mattel cancels Aristotle baby monitor

Apple issues update to patch password vulnerabilities in High Sierra operating software

Russian hackers alleged to have stolen NSA data via Kaspersky antivirus software

Survey finds enterprises are overlooking domain name server security

Cloudflare bans websites running cryptocurrency mining scripts

HYPR raises $8M to expand its decentralized authentication platform

Samsung embraces Windows Mixed Reality with the new HMD Odyssey headset

Microsoft saves AltspaceVR from virtual reality death with real-world acquisition

Largest data breach ever: Turns out 3B Yahoo accounts were compromised

Etherparty initial coin offering website hacked

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