Security News

Amazon introduces eero Pro 6 and eero 6, delivering Wi-Fi 6 performance
2020-09-28 01:00

Plus, eero Pro 6 and eero 6 work with your existing internet service, and are backward compatible with all eero generations, making it easy to expand or upgrade your network. Eero Pro 6: Perfect for homes with Gigabit internet connections, a single eero Pro 6 is a tri-band, high-performance mesh Wi-Fi 6 router with two Ethernet ports and a built-in Zigbee smart home hub.

Amazon Delivery Drivers Hacking Scheduling System
2020-09-22 11:36

The phones in trees seem to serve as master devices that dispatch routes to multiple nearby drivers in on the plot, according to drivers who have observed the process. They believe an unidentified person or entity is acting as an intermediary between Amazon and the drivers and charging drivers to secure more routes, which is against Amazon's policies.

Amazon staffers took bribes, manipulated marketplace, leaked data including search algorithms – DoJ claims
2020-09-21 02:13

US prosecutors claim six people bribed corrupt Amazon insiders to rig the the web giant's Marketplace in their favor and leak terabytes of data including some search algorithms. In an indictment [PDF] filed late last week, the Dept of Justice asserted that the six defendants paid over US$100,000 to "Complicit Amazon employees and contractors." The DoJ claims at least ten Amazonians took the crooked coin and "Baselessly and fraudulently conferred tens of millions of dollars of competitive benefits on hundreds of 3P seller accounts that the defendants purported to represent".

Amazon.com staff took bribes, manipulated marketplace and leaked data including search algorithms
2020-09-21 02:13

US prosecutors claim six people bribed corrupt Amazon insiders to rig the the web giant's Marketplace in their favor and leak terabytes of data including some search algorithms. In an indictment [PDF] filed late last week, the Dept of Justice asserted that the six defendants paid over US$100,000 to "Complicit Amazon employees and contractors." The DoJ claims at least ten Amazonians took the crooked coin and "Baselessly and fraudulently conferred tens of millions of dollars of competitive benefits on hundreds of 3P seller accounts that the defendants purported to represent".

Trustwave Fusion platform now also hosted on Amazon Web Services GovCloud
2020-09-18 00:00

Trustwave announced the Trustwave Fusion platform is now also hosted on Amazon Web Services GovCloud, providing U.S. government agencies and suppliers threat detection and response services to help address the constantly shifting threat landscape while meeting stringent U.S. Federal government security requirements. The cloud-native Trustwave Fusion platform delivers the first U.S.-only managed threat detection and response services hosted on AWS GovCloud and is in the process of FedRAMP authorization.

Kryon unveils cloud-based Full Cycle Automation-as-a-Service platform powered by Amazon Web Services
2020-09-04 01:30

Kryon launched the industry's first cloud-based Full Cycle Automation-as-a-Service platform. Powered by Amazon Web Services, Kryon's FCAaaS pushes the boundaries of automation by combining Process Discovery, RPA, and actionable analytics in one unified platform.

Vishing scams use Amazon and Prime as lures – don’t get caught!
2020-09-03 16:59

The V in vishing stands for voice, and it's a way of referring to scams that arrive by telephone in the form of voice calls, rather than as electronic messages. We can't tell whether this is just one group of crooks who are focusing on both vishing and the UK at the moment, or if it's a broader global trend, but we are experiencing unwanted vishing calls at a much greater rate than any time in the past few years.

CloudPassage migrates fully-containerized microservices architecture to Amazon EKS
2020-09-03 00:00

CloudPassage announced that it has migrated the fully-containerized microservices architecture of its Halo cloud security and compliance platform to the fully-managed Kubernetes service, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service. By taking advantage of these AWS services, CloudPassage internal resources can focus on the innovations, new features, and flexible security policies that benefit customers of the Halo cloud security and compliance platform the most.

Amazon Supplier Fraud
2020-08-26 11:31

According to the indictment, the brothers swapped ASINs for items Amazon ordered to send large quantities of different goods instead. In one instance, Amazon ordered 12 canisters of disinfectant spray costing $94.03. The defendants allegedly shipped 7,000 toothbrushes costing $94.03 each, using the code for the disinfectant spray, and later billed Amazon for over $650,000.