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

Prosecutors in Norway demand online drug dealers pay penalty in bitcoin

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Prosecutors in Norway have demanded that a number of criminals charged with selling drugs pay part of their penalty in bitcoin, the first time that a country in Scandinavia and possibly all of Europe has demanded compensation using the cryptocurrency. The case …

Research: More than a third of websites use vulnerable JavaScript libraries

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

A new paper from Northeastern University researchers has found that more than a third of websites may using at least one JavaScript library with a known security vulnerability. The research analyzed 133,000 domains based on Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa Top 75,000 list and randomly selected .com domains by …

Bitcoin price recovers after surprise SEC rejection of Winklevosses’ proposed fund

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin recovered over the weekend after the shock rejection by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the application from the Winklevoss twins to list their Bitcoin Trust Exchange-Traded Fund. The famous twins filed the proposed ETF back in 2015 as a …

Israeli startup Cymulate raises $3M for cyberattack simulation platform

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Software-as-a-Service cyber-attack simulation startup Cymulate has raised $3 million funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity LLC. Founded in 2016 in Israel, Cymulate offers a cybersimulation platform that can assess the security preparedness of customers by exposing hidden vulnerabilities on enterprise networks so …

Critical Apache Struts 2 web server vulnerability targeted by hackers

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Hackers are targeting a recently revealed critical zero-day vulnerability in the Apache Struts 2 framework that is used in millions of web servers employed by banks, government agencies and large Internet companies. The vulnerability (CVE-2017-5638) is a remote code execution bug that …

Google’s AI company DeepMind reveals blockchainlike audit tool for health records

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Google Inc- owned artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies Ltd. has provided more details on its deal with Britain’s National Health Service to digitize healthcare records, including the development of a blockchain-like tool to address privacy concerns. Called “Verifiable Data Audit,” the new …

Who needs an IPO? Airbnb raises $1B round for a $31B valuation

APPS By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Online accommodation marketplace Airbnb Inc. has raised $1 billion in a late-stage round that is believed to have included Google Capital and TCV. First reported by CNBC, the Series F round consisted of two parts, an initial $555 million raised and reported …

Report: Cloudera has confidentially filed its IPO paperwork

BIG DATA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Big data company Cloudera Inc. has filed its S-1 paperwork for an initial public offering, according to a report published Thursday. Bloomberg, citing “people with knowledge of the matter,” said the filing was made confidentially using the provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups …

Tech companies deliver mixed responses to Wikileaks CIA hacking revelations

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

Major tech companies including Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have responded to revelations from Wikileaks that the Central Intelligence Agency had managed to hack devices they produce. Apple led the charge, claiming that the many of the …

Bitcoin price plunges as Chinese exchanges suspend withdrawals indefinitely

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY10 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin plunged in trading Wednesday following an announcement from China’s three largest exchanges that they would extend their ban on withdrawals on the cryptocurrency indefinitely. BTC China, Huobi and OKCoin made the announcement in separate statements, saying that the …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Prosecutors in Norway demand online drug dealers pay penalty in bitcoin

Research: More than a third of websites use vulnerable JavaScript libraries

Bitcoin price recovers after surprise SEC rejection of Winklevosses’ proposed fund

Israeli startup Cymulate raises $3M for cyberattack simulation platform

Critical Apache Struts 2 web server vulnerability targeted by hackers

Google’s AI company DeepMind reveals blockchainlike audit tool for health records

Who needs an IPO? Airbnb raises $1B round for a $31B valuation

Report: Cloudera has confidentially filed its IPO paperwork

Tech companies deliver mixed responses to Wikileaks CIA hacking revelations

Bitcoin price plunges as Chinese exchanges suspend withdrawals indefinitely

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