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

Guilty of being Russian? Kaspersky employees questioned by FBI as possible ban looms

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Employees of security company Kaspersky Lab have been questioned by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the company’s links to the Russian government as members of Congress called on the company to be banned from military work within the United …

Augmented reality startup castAR closes after failing to raise more money

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

CastAR Inc., a Silicon Valley-based augmented reality startup founded by two former Valve Corp. employees and backed by Android creator Andy Rubin, has shut down after failing to raise new venture capital funding. Founded in 2013, castAR, originally named Technical Illusions Inc., …

Petya attack wasn’t actually ransomware. It was something far worse

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

“Petya,” the ransomware that made headlines Tuesday as it spread across the globe, is neither ransomware nor Petya, according to research from multiple security professionals published Wednesday. Now dubbed “NotPetya” by some, the darknet-sold software is claimed to only be masquerading as Petya ransomware …

Critical flaw in Skype allows hackers to crash systems and execute code

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A critical new flaw in Microsoft Corp.’s Skype messaging service could allow hackers to crash systems and execute code in them, according to a report published Tuesday. Discovered by Vulnerability Lab security researcher Benjamin Kunz Mejri, the flaw, described as a stack buffer overflow vulnerability, …

Coin.mx bitcoin exchange operator sentenced to 5+ years in prison

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Anthony Murgio, the operator of the now-disgraced bitcoin exchange Coin.mx, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison following his guilty plea in January. Murgio, a 33-year-old from Tampa, Florida, was arrested in July 2015 on charges of breaching federal anti-money laundering laws and …

Petya is being sold as a ransomware as a service offering on the darknet

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Petya, the malware that is a creating headlines as it infects computers worldwide, is being offered as a ransomware as a service product. The software, also known as Petrwrap and Diskcoder.C, even comes complete with an affiliate program on the darknet, the hidden …

MIT has designed an autonomous flying car drone

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Flying cars may still be primarily the realm of science fiction despite decades of promises. But autonomous flying car drones may soon be taking to the skies thanks to a new prototype developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The unnamed self-driving/flying drone …

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube form new group to tackle terrorism

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube have come together to form a new partnership that aims to tackle terrorism. Called the “Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism,” the group will not be sending drones into the Middle East …

Look who’s trying to drive the autonomous-car business now: Hertz and Avis

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Avis Budget Group and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. want a slice of the self-driving car market. Each of the rental car companies signed separate deals with Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and Apple Inc., respectively. The deal between Avis and Waymo will see the …

Apple acquires German firm that specializes in eye tracking systems

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. has acquired SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH, a German firm that develops computer vision technology and eye tracking systems for research and industry. The acquisition of SMI was first reported Monday by MacRumors and confirmed by a traditional “non-confirmation” from Apple received by Axios. Founded way back …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Guilty of being Russian? Kaspersky employees questioned by FBI as possible ban looms

Augmented reality startup castAR closes after failing to raise more money

Petya attack wasn’t actually ransomware. It was something far worse

Critical flaw in Skype allows hackers to crash systems and execute code

Coin.mx bitcoin exchange operator sentenced to 5+ years in prison

Petya is being sold as a ransomware as a service offering on the darknet

MIT has designed an autonomous flying car drone

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube form new group to tackle terrorism

Look who’s trying to drive the autonomous-car business now: Hertz and Avis

Apple acquires German firm that specializes in eye tracking systems

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