Amazon Web Service (AWS) went through outage for four hours around three days back, which took the internet security community by surprise. All sorts of speculations and rumors started spreading about the reasons behind the service outage. However, the company has now publicly announced that the actual reason behind the breakdown of its internet service […]
If you were surfing the Internet about 3 hours ago and couldn’t reach some of your favorite websites, then don’t worry since you were not the only one facing the issue. In fact, users worldwide were unable to reach RunKeeper, Medium, Trello, Imgur, Giphy, Soundcloud, Quora, Business Insider, Coursera, and Time Inc and many other […]
Tips on securing the Alexa service on Amazon Echo devices, notably voice purchasing, a topic brought into focus by the recent “San Diego dollhouse TV story”.
Short Bytes: To solve the year-old Victor Collins murder mystery, the Arkansas police is trying to obtain an Amazon Echo’s recorded audio data stored on the cloud servers maintained by Amazon. The Echo was present at the house where the crime was committed. You never know what your always-on internet-connected Amazon Echo is capable of […]
In 2016, there have been a rise in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet giants as well as small business. The attack on Dyn DNS that forced Twitter, PayPal, NYT and others to go offline is one good example, thanks to unprotected Internet of Things (IoT) devices and botnets like Mirai and Bashlite. To tackle these growing threats companies are looking for a permanent […]
Amazon password reset email states that a list of login credentials was found posted online — Although, it is unclear how many accounts were found but if you are an Amazon customer simply change your password now. Amazon, the electronic commerce giant is sending emails to its registered customers urging them to change their passwords […]
A hacker has stolen Amazon Marketplace data from a 3rd-party server — He is now offering the data on an underground forum for BTC 0.02! A hacker going by the online handle of 0xTaylor has claimed to have stolen a database from an unknown third-party server that contains data on several platforms including Amazon Marketplace. […]
Hacker leaked 80,000 Amazon Kindle login credentials because the company wouldn’t respond to his security report! A hacker going by the online handle of 0x2Taylor has claimed to breach the servers of electronic commerce giant Amazon ending up leaking login credentials of 80,000 users. The 597.4 MB leaked data includes usernames and encrypted passwords of Amazon Kindle […]
Researchers Found Chrome Bug Allowing Users to Download Netflix and Amazon Prime videos! Media giants have been in a war against pirates for over a decade often shutting down platforms providing users with pirated content but there’s always a way around restrictions. This time, security researchers have discovered a bug in Chrome browser allowing anyone to download Netflix or Amazon […]
Hackers demonstrated to the Tech Insider how to break into any office by purchasing from Amazon and eBay $700 worth of electronic parts to clone access cards. Breaking into a company could be very easy and cheap for hackers, it could be sufficient to buy from Amazon and eBay $700 worth of parts. “We watched a […]
ShortBytes: A Google engineer named Benson Leung spent months reviewing bad USB Type-C cables on Amazon. He spent so much time reviewing them that he eventually forced Amazon to stop selling those bad cables. The Google engineer, Benson Leung, noticed problems with the USB Type-C cables on Amazon. To review and test the USB-C cables, he bought […]
Yesterday, a new ransomware called TrueCrypter was discovered by AVG malware analyst Jakub Kroustek. This ransomware encrypts your data using AES-256 encryption and then demands either .2 bitcoins or $115 USD in Amazon gift cards. When encrypting your data, TrueCrypter will append the .enc extension to all encrypted files. It is unsure if the sample that we […]
Security researcher finds malicious code embedded within cameras offered for sale on Amazon. Last week, independent security researcher Mike Olsen discovered that CCTV surveillance rigs sold on Amazon came with pre-installed malware. He said in a blog post that he made the discovery while visiting a friend and helping him install and fine tune his new outdoor […]
Beware, even things on Amazon come with embedded malware… this is the disconcerting discovery made by the expert Mark Olsen. The security expert Mike Olsen warned about the presence of malware in products sold through the Amazon service. Olsen was searching for outdoor surveillance cameras on Amazon for a friend’s home. He has found an interesting offer on […]
On Tuesday, Amazon started sending out emails to its users asking for a quick password reset, the reason is a possible breach of some of the users’ credentials. According to the email (dispatched by the company), Amazon was not sure if there is a possible breach into their systems or not but as a precautionary […]
Recently, researchers from the Cheetah Mobile Security Lab have found a dangerous Trojan, dubbed Cloudsota, pre-installed on certain Android tablets. Tablets infected with this Trojan are still on the shelves of Amazon, ready to be shipped to customers around the world. Origin: Complaints from victims This Trojan has existed for quite some time and victims […]
Technique allows full recovery of 2048-bit RSA key stored in Amazon’s EC2 service. Piercing a key selling point of commercial cloud computing services, computer scientists have devised a hack that allows an attacker using Amazon’s EC2 platform to steal the secret cryptographic keys of other users. The proof-of-concept attack is significant because Amazon Web Services […]
A new phishing campaign has been doing the rounds on the Internet in which hackers are using Amazon UK’s fake email message as bait to entice targeted user base for phishing attacks, a security research reveals. A blog post published by security and malware experts over at Malwarebytes blog which states that hackers are using spam email […]
Seven of the most prominent Internet and tech firms unite to build a next generation of royalty-free video codec in an attempt to provide users around the world with new formats and advanced codecs for enhanced media experience on the Web across various devices. The founding members of this alliance include Google, Netflix, Microsoft, Mozilla, […]
An email is being sent to users having the subject line ‘New Security feature’ and its sender appears to be Amazon. In this email, the company informs the recipient that a new security feature has been added and therefore, the user has to click on the provided link to update account information. The email also […]
Short Bytes: A researcher has recently demonstrated an easy Amazon Dash Button hack. By following some simple steps, you can use this tiny device, used to order stuff from Amazon, to do almost anything. Watch the hacking video ahead and know more about it. Amazon’s Dash Button is a tiny WiFi-enabled device that you can […]