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Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, as part of their divorce settlement (the court will approve of the divorce after 90 days), have announced that Jeff will get 75% of Amazon shares along with all the voting power in the company. MacKenzie took to Twitter to conclude the whole divorce process and suggested that the divorce settlement […]
Unprotected Amazon Web Services has a new victim and it’s Facebook users. It’s just been a year since the Cambridge Analytics scandal made headlines the world in which Facebook failed to secure its users’ information. Now the cybersecurity firm UpGuard’s researchers have identified the presence of another unsecure Facebook database that has been publicly posted […]
Ethical hacking training specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) report the finding of a new variant of ransomware called Unnam3d; according to the reports, this malware moves the victim’s files to protected RAR files and, as a characteristic feature, the operators demand Amazon gift cards as a ransom. The malware was first […]
A researcher claims that Saudi Arabia hacked the smartphone of Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, report experts International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), the best ethical hacking institute. The researcher, Gavin de Becker, was hired by Bezos to determine how the tabloid National Enquirer had gained access to the CEO’s private messages. According to […]
Nintendo Switch Online – the online multiplayer service for Switch, now comes bundled with your Twitch Subscription. Amazon, which owns Twitch, already enrolls people on Twitch Prime with its Prime subscription. Amazon will not immediately roll out the full 1-year subscription for Nintendo Switch. The first three months will be free and you will need […]
Amazon has introduced an all-new Kindle e-reader, in addition to its existing e-readers (Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Oasis) in India. The main highlight of the new e-reader is the incorporation of an inbuilt front light which can adjust the brightness of the display, providing users with a smooth, convenient, and comfortable reading experience in every […]
Amazon’s Alexa Developer Rewards program, which allows developers to earn money by creating Skills, is now available in India. Interested developers can register for the program, and those who get selected will receive an email with further details to take the registration forward. The various Alexa Skill categories for the program are: Education & Reference […]
A database hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and owned by Dow Jones has accidentally been exposed putting approx. 2.4 million corporate entities and individuals at risk of data theft. Reportedly, the exposed database comprises sensitive information about terrorists, criminals, and shady businesses. The culprit in this incident is an incorrectly configured and poorly secured […]
Months after India came up with new rules on FDI in e-commerce, India has now proposed new standards in the e-commerce sector with a focus on local data centers in the country and enhanced privacy measures. The proposed rules hint at data centers and server farms in India to ensure that users’ data stay in […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, via a long post on Medium, has accused the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc. (aka AMI), of blackmail and extortion. The post (going by the name “No thank you, Mr. Pecker”) suggests that AMI is threatening Bezos to leak his personal and nude images if he doesn’t publically make […]
Even though it lasted for a brief period of time, Apple did regain the title as the most valuable publicly listed U.S. company by overthrowing Microsoft and Amazon to the second and third spot respectively. For a few moments, Apple market capitalization reached $806.6 billion, beating Microsoft by $200 million and Amazon by about $1.2 billion. Of course, […]
The IT security researchers at Check Point have identified a new malware called SpeakUp targeting Linux and macOS – The new findings prove that there has been a surge in malware attacks against Linux and Apple devices. SpeakUp is a new backdoor Trojan that is being distributed by cybercriminals through a malicious new campaign designed […]
In addition to Amazon Prime Video and Prime Music, e-commerce company Amazon is now expected to introduce its Prime Video Channels service in India, exclusively for Amazon Prime users. According to a report by Television Post, to bring the service to India, Amazon is also looking for a country head to lead the venture in the […]
Robots delivering packages is something you would say is a scene of a science fiction movie. But, we’re closer to future than you think as Amazon has already started delivering using robots. Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will start delivering prime orders using a sidewalk robot named Amazon Scout. According to the company’s official statement, Amazon Scouts are six-wheeled robots that “are […]
This Wednesday, Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos announced their plans to get a divorce. They got married in 1993, shortly after MacKenzie graduated from Princeton and started working at a hedge fund D. E. Shaw; Jeff already worked there. By 1994, they left Manhattan’s Upper West Side and moved to Seattle, Washington. “While his wife […]
Amazon-owned IMDb is already a prominent platform for Movies, TV and celebrity content. And now it appears that the movie database giant is also getting down to the movie streaming business. Amazon has announced, through the Fire TV blog post, the launch of a free streaming service, called Freedive. The IMDb service includes ad-supported TV shows and […]
The password manager exposed the data due to a misconfigured S3 bucket. The Blur privacy and password management service developer Abine has issued a security notice this Monday stating that a file containing important customer data was accidentally exposed to the internet. Originally, the data was identified on December 13th after Abine found a file containing data including […]
Since the time app stores have become a thing, the Apple App Store has arguably been the safest and difficult-to-get-to place for malicious apps. However, a fake Amazon Alexa Setup app still was able to get listed on the App Store and as a surprise, is listed in the “Top Free” apps section. As per […]
Another day, another data breach – This time, multinational tech giant Nokia has been caught exposing highly sensitive data of industrial nature that would have put its internal security at risk. The data was discovered by the director of the cyber risk research team at Hacken and Hackenproof Bob Diachenko during routine Shodan security audit on December […]
An Amazon customer in Germany under the European Union data protection law called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requested the company to send all the data it stored on him but little did he know he was about to get his hands on a trove of 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger speaking in their home. The customer who […]
The social network provided access to confidential information to multiple services Facebook has been involved in multiple scandals related to the privacy of its users over the past few months. In the most recent case, cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report that Facebook would have allowed services like Netflix, Spotify, and […]