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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CryptoPHP backdoor threatens WordPress, Drupal, Joomla users

Pirate theme and plugin providers are targeting WordPress, Drupal and Joomla users through a packaged backdoor called CryptoPHP. The package gives hackers the ability to command and control server communication, mail communication as well as manual control on other server wide or installation wide settings. A report released by Fox-IT states that CryptoPHP is primarily being ...

Hackers publish list of stolen Sony files in blackmail case

Hackers who caused Sony Corporation’s computer network to close down globally Monday have upped the ante in their attempt to blackmail the company by releasing a list of files it has obtained from company servers. The hackers gained access to the Sony network Monday, posting messages across the company stating that “we’ve obtained all your ...

BitTorrent to launch original series Fall 2015

BitTorrent Inc. has jumped on the bandwagon currently occupied by Netflix Inc. and by announcing a release date for its first original series. The series titled Children of the Machine, is directed by German producer Marco Weber (Brooklyn’s Finest, Unthinkable) and created by Rapid Eye Studios. The series is set in the year 2031, and chronicles a ...