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

Researcher who stopped WannaCry arrested for involvement with banking virus

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In a surprising twist to what was until now a positive story, the security researcher who stopped the WannaCry ransomware attack earlier this year has been arrested for his involvement with a banking “trojan” virus. British national Marcus Hutchins (pictured), 23, was …

Security vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Echo can turn it into a spying device

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Jokes about the Amazon Echo and similar smart home devices being self-installed wiretaps that monitor your every move have abounded since the devices were first launched. It turns out such jokes are now a reality, as a security researcher discovered that turning an …

Researchers find security vulnerabilities in modems used by luxury cars

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Researchers at security firm McAfee LLC have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in the telematics control unit used in a range of luxury cars that could potentially allow hackers to gain control of vehicles. A TCU is an embedded system that controls tracking of the vehicle, and …

Bitcoin Cash surges as bitcoin holders threaten to sue exchange holdout

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Updated: The viability of Bitcoin Cash, a spinoff from bitcoin that launched Tuesday, appears to be cemented, as the price surged Wednesday to make it the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Despite an initial slow start as some experts questioned whether the …

Samsung maintains smartphone lead as Chinese upstarts snap at Apple’s heels

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese smartphone makers have continued their climb toward traditional market leaders Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with three separate reports showing that the gap between the top five phone makers continues to narrow. The first set of figures comes from …

HBO hack may be worse than first thought, including internal correspondence

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A hack of Home Box Office Inc. first reported earlier this week is now believed to be significantly larger than first thought and could include potentially damaging internal company correspondence, according to reports published Wednesday. The hack of HBO was first revealed …

Next Windows 10 release will offer support for futuristic eye tracking

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In something out of a Philip K. Dick-inspired movie, Microsoft Corp. is adding eye tracking to the next release of its Windows 10 operating system. Designed in conjunction with Swedish startup Tobii AB, the new eye tracking feature allows people with disabilities …

New Senate bill proposes security standards for IoT devices

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A newly introduced Senate bill would impose minimum standards on Internet-of-Things device makers if they want to sell them for government business. The new bill, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, is being supported across party lines and would introduce certain …

Bitcoin price holds as alternative cryptocurrency makes its debut

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin settled in late trading Monday after the launch of Bitcoin Cash, an alternative to bitcoin supported by a small number of bitcoin traders and miners as an alternative to the new Segwit2x bitcoin implementation. Bitcoin Cash went live when …

Be afraid: Automated car washes can be hacked and turned into killing machines

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Automated car washes, of all things, can now be added to the list of things that can potentially kill you. It turns out that car washes can be hacked for nefarious purposes, according to research presented by WhiteScope LLC information technology security researchers …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Researcher who stopped WannaCry arrested for involvement with banking virus

Security vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Echo can turn it into a spying device

Researchers find security vulnerabilities in modems used by luxury cars

Bitcoin Cash surges as bitcoin holders threaten to sue exchange holdout

Samsung maintains smartphone lead as Chinese upstarts snap at Apple’s heels

HBO hack may be worse than first thought, including internal correspondence

Next Windows 10 release will offer support for futuristic eye tracking

New Senate bill proposes security standards for IoT devices

Bitcoin price holds as alternative cryptocurrency makes its debut

Be afraid: Automated car washes can be hacked and turned into killing machines

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