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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App cybersecurity startup Canonic Security launches with $6M in funding

App cybersecurity startup Canonic Security launched out of stealth mode today with $6 million in new funding to accelerate its go-to-market and development initiatives. Investors in the seed round included First Round Capital, Elron Ventures, SV Angel and Operator Partners. Led by cybersecurity industry veterans Boris Gorin, a former senior director at enterprise security company Proofpoint Inc., and ...

Gigamon’s new ThreatINSIGHT release offers teams visibility into historical network data

Cloud visibility and analytics company Gigamon Inc. today announced a new release of its network detection and response solution. The latest release of ThreatINSIGHT Guided-SaaS NDR offers teams visibility into historical network data and the tools to use that data to identify adversary activity across the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Gigamon noted that the average adversary ...

New Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Nebula finds evasive zero-day attacks

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced Nebula, the latest upgrade of its PAN-OS software that finds evasive new attacks that can cripple organizations and stop them in their tracks. Nebula, PAN-OS version 10.2, is pitched as a new shift in network security. The product detects so-called zero-day or unknown threats that have grown and evolved ...

Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice today said it has arrested a New York couple and seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin linked to the 2016 hack of Bitfinex. The couple, Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan, are alleged to have conspired to launder the proceeds of 119,754 bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex after a hacker ...

Lyft shares drop on lower-than-expected outlook

Shares in Lyft Inc. dropped in after-hours trading after the ride-hailing company reported a lower-than-expected outlook. Lyft reported adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $74.7 million or nine cents per share in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from a loss of $150 million in the same quarter in 2020 and adjusted ...

Mandiant shares surge on Microsoft takeover report, strong earnings

Shares in Mandiant Inc. surged today after a report that Microsoft Corp. is in talks to acquire the company, as the cybersecurity company Mandiant reported stronger-than-expected earnings. Bloomberg, referencing people familiar with the matter, reported that the private talks may not result in an offer but would bolster Microsoft’s efforts to protect customers from hacks ...

Operational technology cybersecurity startup Shift5 raises $50M for product development

Operational technology cybersecurity startup Shift5 Inc. announced today it has raised $50 million in new funding to make significant investments in product development and new talent across all its teams to keep pace with demand across transportation and national defense industries. Insight Partners led the Series B round. The new funding follows Shift5 raising $20 ...

Data fabric solutions startup Promethium raises $26M to scale up customer growth

Data fabric solutions startup Promethium Inc. announced today that it has raised $26 million in new funding to scale up new customer growth with additional hiring and build out its product. Insight Partners led the Series A round, with 406 Ventures and Zetta Venture Partners also participating. Including the new funding, Promethium has raised $34.5 million to date. Founded in ...

Apple reportedly acquires UK startup AI Music

Apple Inc. has reportedly acquired AI Music, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to create tailor-made music. As is typical with companies that Apple acquires, there is no official confirmation or denial of the acquisition. Bloomberg reported today that the deal was complete in recent weeks and the company had about two dozen employees before the deal. ...

Nvidia’s $66B acquisition of Arm called off on regulatory concerns

Updated: Nvidia Corp.’s $66 billion deal to acquire Arm Ltd. has been called off, nixed by regulatory concerns. The companies, along with Arm owner SoftBank Group Corp., announced the collapse of the deal late Monday night. Arm said it will now prepare for an initial public offering instead within the fiscal year ending in March ...