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

Trump administration bans Kaspersky software over Russian security ties

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab will no longer be able to provide services to most U.S. government agencies after the firm was removed from two lists of approved vendors following allegations that the company was linked to Russian security services. The ban, …

14M Verizon customer records found on publicly available server

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The personal information of 14 million customers of Verizon Communications Inc. has been discovered online thanks to what appears to be a security failure by a partner of the company. The data was found on an Amazon Web Service Inc.’s S3 server controlled …

Mark Karpeles stands trial on embezzling funds from Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The seemingly never ending saga of failed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox may finally be entering its final act. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of embezzlement and data manipulation before the Tokyo District Court Tuesday. He stands accused …

Trump Hotel customer details stolen in latest Sabre hacking debacle

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Customers of the Trump Hotel chain may soon be seeing orange, as news broke Tuesday that the chain owned by the president has been hacked, complete with credit card numbers and personal details getting stolen. The hack of the Trump Hotel chain, …

Google sets up ‘Gradient’ fund to invest in early-stage AI startups

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has launched a new investment fund to invest in artificial-intelligence startups. Called Gradient, the new fund will be a early-stage venture capital fund with a difference. Not only will it invest in AI startups but it also will provide technical resources, …

Australian banks and IBM use blockchain technology to process bank guarantees

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Two of Australia’s leading banks have teamed with IBM Corp. to prove blockchain technology can process bank guarantees on commercial property leasing. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and Westpac Banking Corp. used IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric platform to replace the traditional …

CryptoMove signs deal with feds to secure data on drones and data centers

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Data protection startup CryptoMove Inc., which launched after five years in stealth in January, has landed a contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection Agency to secure data on drones and end-to-end data centers. The San Mateo, California-based company …

In epic security fail, researcher manages to take control of .io domain nameservers

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A security researcher has managed to take control of the .io top-level domain name registry thanks to an epic security fail by the company that runs that domain. Researcher Matthew Bryant discovered that a number of the .io nameservers were available to register and …

Get ready for the real Matrix: DARPA commits $65M to research brain-computer interfaces

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Computer interfaces that allow human brains to control devices or provide direct data input to a user from a computer have long been a staple of science fiction. Now, new research suggests it may not be all that far off. Funded by …

Hard Rock and Loews Hotel customer details stolen following booking system hack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Credit card numbers and personal details have been stolen by hackers who successfully infiltrated the booking system used by the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino chain and Loews Hotels. The hack related to Sabre Corp.’s Hospitality Solutions SynXis Central Reservation System used by both chains. …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Trump administration bans Kaspersky software over Russian security ties

14M Verizon customer records found on publicly available server

Mark Karpeles stands trial on embezzling funds from Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange

Trump Hotel customer details stolen in latest Sabre hacking debacle

Google sets up ‘Gradient’ fund to invest in early-stage AI startups

Australian banks and IBM use blockchain technology to process bank guarantees

CryptoMove signs deal with feds to secure data on drones and data centers

In epic security fail, researcher manages to take control of .io domain nameservers

Get ready for the real Matrix: DARPA commits $65M to research brain-computer interfaces

Hard Rock and Loews Hotel customer details stolen following booking system hack

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