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

Misconfigured Google Groups setting exposes private data from hundreds of companies

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Hundreds of companies that use Google Inc.’s G Suite platform may be exposing their data to the public Internet because of poor setup practices, according to a newly published security advisory. Silicon Valley security and compliance company RedLock Inc. made the claim Monday, …

Yet another initial coin offering hacked: Veritaseum loses $8.4M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Another day, yet another hack of a company involved in an initial coin offering. Veritaseum Inc., a company attempting to raise funds, was hacked on Sunday to the tune of $8.4 million in stolen tokens. The company, which appears to be looking to …

Malware attacks nearly quadruped in the past three months

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Malware is exploding across the globe, and now we know by how much. Security company Comodo Group Inc. said in a new report that it detected a nearly fourfold increase in malware infections in the second quarter — not compared with a …

Sweden leaks personal and military details in IBM/NCR data outsourcing deal

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The adage that governments cannot be trusted with private data has been proven once again. The Swedish government has been caught giving foreign nationals access to the data of millions of citizens, including the nation’s transport register, police registers and military secrets. The data leak …

Bitcoin survives first weekend following BIP91 software upgrade

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has survived its first weekend following an agreement to implement a software upgrade designed to allow the cryptocurrency to scale and operate more efficiently. The upgrade, referred to as BIP91, involves the implementation of the Segwit2x code that changes the transaction structure of the bitcoin …

New Microsoft service uses artificial intelligence for software security testing

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has launched a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to track down bugs in software. Previously known by the name of “Project Springfield,” the new tool introduced Friday uses a process called “fuzz testing.” It’s designed to find vulnerabilities in software …

The world’s first autonomous cargo ship will launch next year

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The world’s first autonomous cargo ship is planned to be launched in 2018, as a company in Norway said Saturday that it has committed to build and deploy one. Two companies, Yara International ASA and Kongsberg Gruppen, have joined forces to build the “Yara …

‘White hat’ hackers claim they stole $85M in Ethereum tokens for safekeeping

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

There’s a strange new twist to the Parity Ethereum wallet hacking story Wednesday in which 150,000 ETH tokens ($31 million) was stolen from three companies that had recently raised funds through an initial coin offering. Now, so-called “white hat” hackers are claiming …

Pro tip: If you run an illegal marketplace, don’t link it to your personal Hotmail account

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The disappearance of darknet marketplace AlphaBay was first thought to be an exit scam, then was linked to the alleged suicide of one of its owners before credit was claimed by the Department of Justice. Whatever the reason for its demise, it turns out …

Graphcore raises $30M to develop its dedicated machine learning chips

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

British machine learning startup Graphcore Ltd. Thursday said it has raised $30 million to push its vision of making chips for machine learning. The Series B round was led by Atomico and included existing investors Amadeus Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, C4 Ventures, Dell Technologies …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Misconfigured Google Groups setting exposes private data from hundreds of companies

Yet another initial coin offering hacked: Veritaseum loses $8.4M

Malware attacks nearly quadruped in the past three months

Sweden leaks personal and military details in IBM/NCR data outsourcing deal

Bitcoin survives first weekend following BIP91 software upgrade

New Microsoft service uses artificial intelligence for software security testing

The world’s first autonomous cargo ship will launch next year

‘White hat’ hackers claim they stole $85M in Ethereum tokens for safekeeping

Pro tip: If you run an illegal marketplace, don’t link it to your personal Hotmail account

Graphcore raises $30M to develop its dedicated machine learning chips

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