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A few months back, we saw the personal data of over 188 million people leak due to an insecure MongoDB Database. Then in September 2019, we saw the data of almost every Ecuadorian leaked in a massive data breach. A similar incident has occurred now but with Russia. According to a report by Comparitech, more […]
gitGraber is a tool developed in Python3 to monitor GitHub to search and find sensitive data for different online services such as: Google, Amazon, Paypal, Github, Mailgun, Facebook, Twitter, Heroku, Stripe… How it work ? It’s important to understand that gitGraber is not designed to check history of repositories, many tools can already doing […]
Want better results for your Ecommerce store? Here are some well-rounded tips on how you can ship faster and more expediently while spending less money. Getting your fulfillment department up to par in today’s busy Ecommerce world is essential to your long-term success. Online businesses that streamline fulfillment have been proven to enjoy the highest […]
A new Amazon phishing scam email is circulating, that tricks users into handing over their personal as well as financial information including credit card information to online crooks. Usually, Hackread covers phishing scams identified and alerted by cyber security companies but in the latest one, the targeted scam was aimed at my supposed Amazon account. […]
A couple of months back, ex-Amazon employee Paige Thompson was accused of gaining unauthorized access to the cloud servers of the US-based bank Capital One and 30 other entities. Thompson, who is currently in custody, was indicted on Wednesday and charged with Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud and Abuse. She will be presented in front of […]
Amazon Alexa, the virtual assistant that lives in Echo devices, has reached many homes in different parts of the world. But many Chinese schools-going teens are working at Foxconn factories overnight to manufacture the Echo devices and achieve that goal. An investigation (via The Guardian) done by China Labor Watch (CLW) accuses Foxconn of conducting […]
Apple has acknowledged that its contractors are indeed listening to your Siri recordings. A third-party whistleblower is claiming that the tech giant Apple is listening to Siri recording and allegedly, the Apple Watch is also playing a big role in collecting these records. The Apple Watch works in such a way that upon lifting, it […]
While major tech companies have strived to make our lives better with technological advancements, we really can’t trust them fully as of now. Tech majors have been able to disappoint us, and my concern over here is the various practices they follow to get hold of our data or reach the top of the ladder. […]
Amazon Prime day 2019 sale is here and just like every year a lot of electronic items and goodies are on sale with massive discounts. A number of devices including the latest Huawei P30 Pro, Apple iPhone Xr, Amazon Echo and a lot more are being offered at massive price cuts. However, going through the […]
Amazon wants to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in offering a global bandwidth network from low orbit Earth. The Jeff Bezos headed company has been working on a project Kuiper under which it aims to provide access to the internet to millions of people living in remote locations. The company has sought permission from the […]
Apart from Facebook keeping hold of our personal data, Amazon, too, performs the same deed as its virtual assistant — Alexa — has been caught keeping users’ voice recordings. Even though Amazon introduced the delete history feature, it seems like the voice assistant still keeps the user data. As per a letter by Amazon to […]
Since virtual assistants have come to our service, life has been made easier. Along with the ease of doing many things, a virtual assistant’s help can also cause us some trouble and the most recent case proves that virtual assistants are not that smart after all, or otherwise, extra smart. It is suggested that when […]
The leaked database was discovered on Shodan on May 14th. A huge online database containing private contact information including phone numbers and email IDs of roughly 50 million Instagram profiles including those of influencers and brands has reportedly been discovered by security researcher Anurag Sen. The affected individuals include famous food bloggers and celebrities too […]
Computers containing Intel chips from 2011 onwards are vulnerable to ZombieLoad bug. Intel processor chips have lately been accused of being flawed and unreliable in ensuring optimal computer performance and the current news further reinforces the fact that Intel needs to up its game and make its processor chips secure for users. According to security […]
Amazon, the e-commerce and technology company, has suffered a cyber attack in which hackers compromised more than a hundred vendors’ accounts, stealing their funds through various scam tactics, as reported by information security servicesspecialists. As reported, the attack would have occurred sometime between May and October 2018; threat actors would have compromised some accounts from Amazon […]
Amazon says it was a “serious” attack targeting 100s of sellers. The American e-commerce and technology giant Amazon.com, Inc. has announced that it was hit by a fraud attack in which unknown hackers targeted over 100 sellers stealing their earnings they made through sales or loans. The attack, according to Bloomberg, took place between May […]
Expanding its wallet capabilities further and bringing in competition in the e-wallet ecosystem, Amazon has announced person-to-person payments via Amazon Pay in India. Users will now be able to conduct recharges, transfer money via the bank, pay for bills and services, and more via Amazon Pay, which is based on UPI. Additionally, users will be […]
The Alexa team at Amazon, which reviews users’ Alexa commands, has access to location data of customers and they can easily find a user’s home address if they want to. The revelation was made in a Bloomberg report where five unnamed employees familiar with the program confirmed the same to the publication. The Alexa team in […]
Global e-commerce giant Amazon is closing down its online marketplace in China this year by July 18. The online retailer now plans to focus on selling overseas products to Chinese customers rather than local goods. Amazon says it will keep running other businesses in China, such as Amazon Web Services and Kindle e-books. The company will […]
People usually ask their Amazon Echo devices, ‘Alexa, is someone else listening to us?’ Well as it turns out, the answer is yes. Amazon Alexa, the digital home assistant, gets smarter every day using your voice recording. It happens with the help of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN), human workers, and a non-disclosure agreement. Amazon […]
Google’s parent company Alphabet-owned Wing has introduced a delivery service via drone in Canberra, Australia after it got approved from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). The air delivery service will be able to deliver products such as fresh food, hot coffee or over-the-counter chemist items to users in minutes. To get the products, users […]