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Türkiye has fined Amazon $58,000 for the Twitch data breach in 2021 which affected thousands of Turkish nationals. Don’t Bother With An Expensive Will (Do This Instead) An anonymous hacker leaked the entirety of popular video game live streaming service Read More …
In a significant development that underscores the lasting impact of 2023’s MOVEit vulnerability, Amazon has confirmed that employee data was compromised through a third-party property management vendor. The breach, revealed by a threat actor known as “Nam3L3ss,” exposes the continuing Read More …
Amazon’s Ring has settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that the company allowed employees and contractors to access customers’ private videos, and failed to implement security protections which enabled hackers to take control of customers’ accounts, cameras, Read More …
A former employee of Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera unit spied on female customers for months in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms, the Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday when it announced a $5.8m Read More …
A major outage disrupted Amazon’s cloud services on Tuesday, temporarily knocking out streaming platforms Netflix and Disney+, Robinhood, a wide range of apps and Amazon.com Inc’s e-commerce website as consumers shopped ahead of Christmas. “Many services have already recovered, however Read More …
A surge in spearphishing emails designed to steal Office 365 credentials were rigged to look like they came from a Kaspersky email address. In spite of coming from sender addresses such as [email protected], nobody at Kaspersky sent the phishing emails, Read More …
An open database has revealed the identities of over 200,000 individuals who appear to be involved in Amazon fake product review schemes. There is an ongoing battle between the e-commerce giant and dubious sellers, worldwide, who wish to hamstring competitors Read More …
Three vulnerabilities in the Amazon Kindle e-reader would have allowed a remote attacker to execute code and run it as root – paving the way for siphoning money from unsuspecting users. Yogev Bar-On, researcher at Realmode Labs, found that it Read More …
Researchers have discovered a new way to hack Alexa and Siri smart speakers merely by using a laser light beam. No physical access of the victims’ device, or owner interaction, is needed to launch the hack, which allows attackers to Read More …
Google and Amazon smart speakers can be leveraged to record user conversation or to phish for passwords through malicious voice apps, security researchers warn. Unless the two companies take measures to improve the review process and the restrictions for apps Read More …