Security News

McAfee Database Security brings enhanced security to Amazon RDS
2019-06-03 00:30

McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, announced McAfee Database Security for Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), strengthening the company’s relationship with Amazon Web...

Amazon Digital Assistant Alexa Gets New Skill: Amnesia
2019-05-31 04:22

Amazon on Wednesday added the ability to tell its Alexa digital assistant to forget what it has heard in a move that could assuage concerns about Echo devices remembering conversations. The...

Amazon Shareholders Support Selling Face Recognition Tech to Police
2019-05-23 00:59

Amazon on Wednesday confirmed that shareholders rejected proposals to prohibit sales of facial recognition technology to governments and study how it might threaten privacy or civil rights. read more

Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers
2019-05-09 10:58

Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon's ranking system to promote products, protect...

AWS unveils Amazon Managed Blockchain to easily create, manage, and scale blockchain networks
2019-05-03 00:30

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain, a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain...

News Wrap: Amazon Echo Privacy, Facebook FTC Fines and Biometrics Regulation
2019-04-26 17:57

On this week's Threatpost news wrap, the team discusses Facebook's FTC fine for its data security practices, a report that Amazon is collecting Echo users' geolocation data, and more.

Amazon Employees Given ‘Broad Access’ to Personal Alexa Info
2019-04-25 15:55

An auditing program for the voice assistant technology exposes geolocation data that can be personally identified, sources said.

Amazon Auditors Listen to Echo Recordings, Report Says
2019-04-11 12:54

Amazon is under fire for its privacy policies after a Bloomberg report revealed that the company hires auditors to listen to Echo recordings.

SEC Allows Shareholder Votes on Amazon Facial "Rekognition"
2019-04-08 17:59

Amazon shareholders will get the opportunity to vote on two non-binding shareholders' resolutions concerning the Amazon Rekognition facial recognition system. read more

Facebook and Amazon are Locked in a Blame Game Over Leaked Data: Who’s Really To Blame?
2019-04-04 17:31

After two databases were discovered leaking Facebook data, Facebook and Amazon are both pointing fingers - but researchers say the onus lies on all parties involved as data collection continues to grow.