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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 […]
53-year old businessman Christophe Bejach who previously served as an official adviser to the French economy and industry minister has managed to evade jail time despite his involvement in child porn was proven through a secret investigation. To gather evidence about Bejach’s penchant for child porn, the Metropolitan Police’s cyber crime division set up a trap […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Diane Greene, well-known tech expert and co-founder of VMware, is now senior the vice president for Google’s enterprise businesses. The New York Times reported that Google has also acquired Bebop Technologies, Greene’s startup and pioneer in cloud technology. Ms. Greene, is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and UC Berkeley and is one of […]
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 […]
To benefit the hard-working app developers and programmers, Amazon is starting a cloud-based service named AWS Device Farm. AWS Device Farm will help developers to test their applications on real devices i.e. physical cellphones and tablets. For the time being, iOS app testing is not included in AWS Device Farm and this service will be […]
Following the footsteps of Microsoft, Amazon has launched its first product for machine learning service. At the AWS Summit in San Francisco, Amazon Web Services announced a new machine learning platform. Amazon Web Services debuted a service that developers can use to implement machine learning in their applications. Recently, Microsoft announced Azure Machine Learning, which […]
Have you received TEXT messages about Gift from Amazon? Beware it might be malware. Have you recently received a text message on your phone that says, “Hey [ABC], I am sending you $200 Amazon Gift Card You can Claim it here”? It asks you to redeem your Amazon gift card by installing an APK file […]
Lately, an email from Amazon has been hitting the inbox of unsuspecting users all over the world. This email has been masqueraded as an order notification message from the famed marketplace Amazon.com. In this email, recipients are thanked for placing the order at Amazon and they are informed that their order details can be viewed […]
One of the Twitter account associated with the online hacktivists Anonymous has claimed to leak a list of what it says are usernames and passwords for 13,000 accounts from VPNCyberGhost, UbiSoft, VCC, Brazzers, UFC TV, PSN, Xbox Live Gamers, Twitch TV, Amazon, Hulu Plus, Dell, Walmart and (EA) Games. @AnonymousGlobo twitter handle announced the leak […]
Amazon�s new smartphone launch is all set to fire up the smartphone market and is likely to give a hard time to its competitor. Smartphone�s name itself is a sign of how energetic the phone is, as it�s named �FIRE PHONE�. This smartphone has some of the most compelling feature that smartphone buyer would have […]