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

Microsoft pulls search from Docs.com after private files were shared publicly

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. has removed the search function from its Docs.com service after it was revealed that the feature allowed anyone to search and view documents from other users. The security flaw, first identified by Twitter users over the weekend, allowed anyone to use the …

Report: Southeast Asian Uber rival Grab raising new $1.5B round

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Southeast Asian Uber Technologies Inc. rival GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd. is raising a new round of $1.5 billion, according to a report published late Friday. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, claims that the round will be led by Japanese giant …

The future of crowdfunding? Fig gets SEC approval to sell shares in ‘Wasteland 3’ game

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Games crowdfunding site Fig Publishing Inc. has taken an interesting path in raising money by giving fans and investors the ability to buy shares in forthcoming title “Wasteland 3.” The game, a followup to the successful “Wasteland 2” from inXile Entertainment, has already …

Bitcoin scams surge as price hits record highs

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin scams have surged as the cryptocurrency has hit record highs, according to research published Thursday by the security firm ZeroFOX Inc. The research found that along with traditional scams such as phishing attempts and pyramid schemes, new types of financial scams …

US preparing case against North Korea over Bangladesh Bank hacking heist

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Justice Department is reported to be preparing a case that would accuse North Korea of being behind the hacking and subsequent theft of $81 million from Bangladesh’s Central Bank in 2016. First reported in February last year, Bangladesh Bank initially alleged that $100 …

Toyota signs up for Microsoft’s new connected car tech licensing program

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. wants a bigger slice of the connected-car market, offering a new program that allows vehicle manufacturers to license the company’s technology in their vehicles. The first to take advantage of the new offering is Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor Corp., which has …

New WikiLeaks CIA document dump details Apple hacking programs

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new release from WikiLeaks of Vault7 files has revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency had developed a range of tools to infect Apple products including the iPhone and MacBook line. The files, which cover the period of 2009 through to 2013, include …

LastPass issues patch for vulnerability that exposed user passwords

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Password security firm LastPass Inc. has issued patches for its Chrome and Firefox plugins after a security researcher at Google Inc. found vulnerabilities that could have allowed attackers to steal users’ passwords or execute malicious code on their computers. Discovered by Google’s Tavis Ormandy, the …

Arrested man allegedly scammed $100M from two big tech companies

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Latvian police have arrested a man on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly defrauding two unnamed U.S. tech firms of $100 million in an email scam. Evaldas Rimasauskas, 48, is alleged to have impersonated an Asian-based manufacturer and managed …

Hackers threaten to wipe iCloud accounts if Apple doesn’t pay a ransom

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Apple Inc. is allegedly being held ransom by a group of hackers who are threatening to wipe data from millions of Apple devices in two weeks if the company doesn’t pay them. According to Motherboard, the group, who goes by the name of “Turkish …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Microsoft pulls search from Docs.com after private files were shared publicly

The future of crowdfunding? Fig gets SEC approval to sell shares in ‘Wasteland 3’ game

Bitcoin scams surge as price hits record highs

US preparing case against North Korea over Bangladesh Bank hacking heist

Toyota signs up for Microsoft’s new connected car tech licensing program

New WikiLeaks CIA document dump details Apple hacking programs

LastPass issues patch for vulnerability that exposed user passwords

Arrested man allegedly scammed $100M from two big tech companies

Hackers threaten to wipe iCloud accounts if Apple doesn’t pay a ransom

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