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

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CrowdStrike expands Falcon Exposure Management with network vulnerability support

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today announced new capabilities for its CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management offering that accelerate cybersecurity consolidation by eliminating outdated vulnerability management tools and extending artificial intelligence-powered risk prioritization to network assets. The new capabilities include the general availability of Network Vulnerability Assessment, a service that allows security operations teams to identify ...

Kraken enters agreement to acquire futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5B

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken today said it will acquire NinjaTrader Group LLC, a leading U.S. retail futures trading platform provider, for $1.5 billion, subject to certain purchase price agreements. Founded in 2023, NinjaTrader offers trading technology and brokerage services with a platform that supports futures and forex trading. The platform features advanced charting, market analytics, trade simulation and ...

Zimperium report warns that mobile rooting and jailbreaking still pose serious security risks

A new report out today from mobile security platform provider Zimperium Inc. warns that mobile rooting and jailbreaking remain a persistent and evolving threat to enterprises worldwide. Mobile devices that have been rooted, meaning someone got administrator access to the operating system, and jailbroken, meaning apps installed from outside official app stores, bypass critical security protocols. That leaves organizations ...

Auvik introduces new features for SaaS management, network visibility and server monitoring

Cloud-based network management software firm Auvik Networks Inc. today announced a number of new capabilities in software-as-a-service automation, endpoint network visibility and server monitoring that give information technology teams and managed service providers greater visibility and control. The new capabilities include SaaS Automation and SaaS License Optimization within Auvik SaaS Management to enhance security and reduce unnecessary ...

Avaneidi launches CyberStorage to enhance enterprise storage security and reliability

Storage solutions startup Avaneidi S.p.A. today announced the launch of “CyberStorage by Avaneidi,” a scalable and reliable storage infrastructure offering that combines tailored secure hardware storage, data governance and advanced CyberShield capabilities into one unified platform. CyberStorage is designed to offer reliability at scale with data-driven insights that help enhance storage device performance and longevity ...

Enterprise AI adoption jumps 30-fold as organizations face growing cybersecurity risks

A new report out today from cloud security company Zscaler Inc. finds that enterprise usage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools has surged more than 30-fold from a year ago, and that rise also has hiked security concerns. The finding comes from the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report, based on insights from more than ...

Nvidia reportedly acquires Gretel for $320M+ to strengthen AI training tools

Nvidia Corp. has reportedly acquired Gretel Labs Inc., a synthetic data platform startup that helps developers and organizations generate artificial datasets that mirror the characteristics of real data for use in artificial intelligence models. Wired, referencing “two people with direct knowledge of the deal,” said the price paid for Gretel by Nvidia came in at ...

Utila raises $18M to meet demand for its institutional digital asset wallets

Digital asset operations platform startup Utila Inc. announced today that it has raised $18 million in new funding to scale up global operations to meet demand for its institutional multiparty computation wallets and expand its research and development efforts. Founded in 2022, Utila is an institutional digital asset operations platform that enables organizations to securely ...

Coralogix expands AI observability with AI Center for quality and security monitoring

Full-stack observability platform company Coralogix Ltd. today launched AI Center, a real-time observability platform designed to provide comprehensive insights into AI performance, quality, security and governance. AI Center seeks to assist with the growing issue where as enterprises adopt AI, they require rigorous oversight, as inadequate management can lead to unforeseen or inequitable outcomes. Coralogix argues that ...

AI-driven threats fuel rise in phishing and zero-day attacks

A new report out today from cloud security company Menlo Security Inc. reveal that there was a 140% increase in browser-based phishing attacks in 2024, among other findings. The findings come from Menlo Security’s annual State of Browser Security Report, which identifies several key drivers behind the sharp rise in browser-based attacks, including artificial intelligence-powered attacks, phishing-as-a-service ...