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

European police arrest six members of a counter-antivirus service ring

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Police in Europe have arrested six people and questioned 39 others in relation to a cybercrime ring that involved the distribution of counter-antivirus software and a crypter service, which encrypts and conceals malware. Lead by Germany’s Kriminalinspektion Mayen in conjunction with Europol, operation “Neuland” saw …

Wikileaks dump details how the CIA can easily hijack routers

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The Central Intelligence Agency likes to hack Wi-Fi routers. That’s the major takeaway from a new dump from Wikileaks that includes the details of software used by the agency to spy on all and sundry. Called “Cherry Blossom,” the CIA-designed hacking software uses …

AI-powered video analytics company Conviva raises $40M for future expansion

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Conviva Inc., a San Mateo, California-based company that uses artificial intelligence to measure and manage video plays, has raised $40 million in new funding. Founded in 2006, Conviva aims to address the “changing business of television” with a big-data platform that enables …

Report: Amazon has spoken to Slack about a potential $9B acquisition

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Amazon.com Inc. may be interested in acquiring enterprise messaging platform provider Slack Technologies Inc., according to a report published early Thursday morning. Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter, claims that Slack has received recent inquiries about a potential takeover from …

Microsoft AI achieves first-ever perfect score in Ms. Pac-Man game

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Artificial intelligence software designed by Microsoft Corp. has achieved something that was previously never thought possible: a perfect score in the computer game Ms. Pac-Man. Using computing power and programming power on what would appear to be a frivolous use of AI. …

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex targeted in DDoS attack amid cryptocurrency bull market

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Leading bitcoin exchange Bitfinex advised customers that they were being targeted by a distributed denial of service attack Wednesday following a similar attack the day before. The attack, which involves a company’s servers being flooded with data in an attempt to take …

Telegram app founder claims US officials bribed him to install backdoor access

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Confirming what has perhaps always been known but rarely stated publicly, the founder of popular encrypted-messaging app Telegram Messenger LLP said that he was indeed offered bribes by U.S. government officials to install a backdoor into the app to give them access to …

Feds warn that North Korea is targeting businesses in new hacking campaign

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an alert Tuesday that the North Korean government is targeting businesses with malware and botnet-related attacks as part of a concerted new hacking campaign. Dubbed “Hidden Cobra,” the campaign is targeting media, aerospace, financial and critical infrastructure sectors …

Managed services provider Continuum snapped up by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Remote monitoring and management startup Continuum Managed Services LLC has been acquired for an undisclosed price by Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm with a taste for investing in enterprise and security startups. Founded in 2011, Continuum offers a cloud-based platform …

End of an era: Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo finally closes

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Verizon Communication Inc.’s long-running and occasionally drama-filled takeover of Yahoo Inc. is finally over. The company announced Tuesday that the deal has now officially closed. Yahoo properties, including news, sports and other sites, will join properties from the Verizon-owned AOL in a new …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

European police arrest six members of a counter-antivirus service ring

Wikileaks dump details how the CIA can easily hijack routers

AI-powered video analytics company Conviva raises $40M for future expansion

Report: Amazon has spoken to Slack about a potential $9B acquisition

Microsoft AI achieves first-ever perfect score in Ms. Pac-Man game

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex targeted in DDoS attack amid cryptocurrency bull market

Telegram app founder claims US officials bribed him to install backdoor access

Feds warn that North Korea is targeting businesses in new hacking campaign

Managed services provider Continuum snapped up by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo

End of an era: Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo finally closes

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