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

Security flaw in Steam allows hackers to inject malicious code via a profile page

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A security flaw discovered in the popular online gaming platform Steam allows a hacker to execute malicious commands on the computers of any user visiting an infected profile page. The flaw consists of a cross-site scripting vulnerability that can occur due to the …

Dozens of iPhone apps found to be vulnerable to data interception

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Dozens of popular Apple Inc. iOS apps contain serious security flaws that make them vulnerable to data interception, security researchers at Verify.ly have discovered. Some 76 apps, which included browser apps, news apps and various virtual private networking apps, were found to be open to …

Hacker trolls 150,000 unsecured printers to raise security awareness

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A hacker has claimed to have dumped warning messages on over 150,000 unsecured Internet-connected printers in an alleged effort to raise awareness about printer security. The gray-hat hacker, going by the name of Stackoverflowin, targeted printers made by companies including Afico, Brother, Canon, …

Flying Ubers? Ride-hailing giant hires NASA engineer to head aerial car initiative

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Uber Technologies Inc.’s ambitions are heading to the sky, and the ride-hailing giant has hired a former U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineer to lead its push into developing flying cars. Uber has hired Mark Moore, who was with NASA for 30 years …

Stratoscale acquires Tesora to expand into databases as a service

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Cloud infrastructure firm Stratoscale Inc. has acquired database-as-a-service startup Tesora Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Tesora, previously known as ParElastic, aims to simplify the provision and management of databases by providing OpenStack administrators tools to offer their users self-service, managed databases …

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal raises $45M from Google, BMW

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal Inc. has raised $45 million in a late-stage funding round led by the Google Inc. venture capital arm GV. The round was raised at a valuation of $305 million, up from $100 million as of its last …

SurBitcoin ceases trading as Venezuela’s war on bitcoin continues

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Venezuela’s war on bitcoin is ramping up as the country’s largest exchange was forced to cease trading following the closure of its bank account. SurBitcoin informed its clients Feb. 3 that they should immediately withdraw their cash and cryptocurrency balances after its bank …

Hackers bring down 20 percent of the dark web after finding child porn

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Hackers affiliated with the “hacktivist” collective Anonymous have brought down Freedom Hosting II, the largest hosting provider on the dark web and host to a range of illegal activities, including child pornography. The hack took down 10,613 sites, an estimated 20 percent …

Ancient SQL Slammer worm returns from the dead in mysterious new attack

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A computer worm that resulted in a wave of distributed denial-of-service attacks in 2003 has mysteriously returned to the Internet in a series of attempted attacks late last year. Security firm Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. detected the worm, called SQL Slammer, between Nov. …

Washington DC camera hackers arrested in the UK

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Two people have been arrested in relation to the hacking of Washington D.C.’s closed-circuit television camera network that resulted in 70 percent of the network going offline in the week before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The two suspects, identified only as a 50-year-old …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Security flaw in Steam allows hackers to inject malicious code via a profile page

Dozens of iPhone apps found to be vulnerable to data interception

Hacker trolls 150,000 unsecured printers to raise security awareness

Flying Ubers? Ride-hailing giant hires NASA engineer to head aerial car initiative

Stratoscale acquires Tesora to expand into databases as a service

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal raises $45M from Google, BMW

SurBitcoin ceases trading as Venezuela’s war on bitcoin continues

Hackers bring down 20 percent of the dark web after finding child porn

Ancient SQL Slammer worm returns from the dead in mysterious new attack

Washington DC camera hackers arrested in the UK

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