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

Russian man arrested for running notorious spam-sending Kelihos botnet

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A Russian man arrested in Spain Monday on behalf of the United States government stands accused of running the notorious Kelihos botnet. Thirty-six-year-old Peter Yuryevich Levashov, who is also claimed to be using the name Peter Severa, was first thought to have been …

Teedoor smart door lock delivers Bluetooth keyless entry and extras

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new Internet of Things startup launched today with what it claims is the world’s smallest, most functional smart lock. Called Teedoor, the device, which can be retrofitted to existing doors, enables hands-free access to door locks without the need to use …

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex sues Wells Fargo over suspended wire transfers

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has filed a lawsuit against Well Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo N.A. after the bank decided to block all incoming wire transfers from Bitfinex made on its behalf. Bitfinex (iFinex Inc.) is claiming that Wells Fargo, while allowing …

Nasty new bot bricks devices in ‘permanent denial-of-service’ attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new form of malicious code that targets Internet of Things devices with a Permanent Denial-of-Service attack may be more harmful than the infamous Mirai botnet. First discovered by security company Radware Ltd., the PDoS attack bot, dubbed “BrickerBot,” scans the Internet for Linux-based routers, bridges and …

Hacking group Shadow Brokers dumps more NSA files in response to Trump’s bombing of Syria

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The mysterious Shadow Brokers hacking group has released a range of previously top secret National Security Agency hacking tools, ostensibly in response to the Trump administration’s decision to bomb Syria. The group first gained attention in August after it claimed to have hacked …

Dallas residents get a scare after hackers set off emergency network sirens

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Residents of Dallas received an unwelcome scare Friday night after hackers managed to access the city’s emergency system and set off all of the city’s warning sirens. The hack saw all 156 of the city’s emergency sirens go off between 11:40 p.m. …

IoT garage door maker bricks customer’s device after negative review

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The maker of an Internet of Things garage door opener is gaining attention for all the wrong reasons after he disabled the installation of a customer who had left a negative review. Denis Grisak founded a company called SoftComplex that launched Garadget, …

Report finds Mac malware skyrocketed 744 percent in 2016

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A new report from researchers from the newly independent security firm McAfee LLC has found that Mac malware isn’t simply on the rise but skyrocketed 744 percent in 2016. The report found that most of the 460,000 forms of Mac malware McAfee detected were …

Lyft raises new $500M round to take on the struggling Uber

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Ride-hailing startup and Uber Technologies Inc. rival Lyft Inc. has raised $500 million in a new round, according to unconfirmed reports published Thursday. The New York Times claimed the round was raised at a valuation of $6.9 billion, while CNBC put the valuation at $7.5 …

Broadcom Wi-Fi chip vulnerability allows hackers to access Android and iOS devices

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A vulnerability in Wi-Fi chipsets manufactured by Broadcom Ltd. and used in Android and iOS devices allows attackers to gain easy access to the devices, according to newly published research. Details of the vulnerability, first published by Google’s Project Zero security team …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Russian man arrested for running notorious spam-sending Kelihos botnet

Teedoor smart door lock delivers Bluetooth keyless entry and extras

Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex sues Wells Fargo over suspended wire transfers

Nasty new bot bricks devices in ‘permanent denial-of-service’ attack

Hacking group Shadow Brokers dumps more NSA files in response to Trump’s bombing of Syria

Dallas residents get a scare after hackers set off emergency network sirens

IoT garage door maker bricks customer’s device after negative review

Report finds Mac malware skyrocketed 744 percent in 2016

Broadcom Wi-Fi chip vulnerability allows hackers to access Android and iOS devices

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