Security News

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.

540 Million Facebook User Records Found On Unprotected Amazon Servers
2019-04-03 19:18

It's been a bad week for Facebook users. First, the social media company was caught asking some of its new users to share passwords for their registered email accounts and now… ...the bad week...

Investigator Says Amazon Chief's Phone Hacked by Saudis
2019-03-31 23:54

The investigator hired to look into the release of intimate images of Jeff Bezos said Saturday he has concluded that Saudi Arabian authorities hacked the Amazon chief's phone to access his...

AWS launches Concurrency Scaling, a new Amazon Redshift feature
2019-03-29 01:30

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of Concurrency Scaling, a new Amazon Redshift feature that automatically adds and removes capacity to handle...

FireOS Flaw Allowed Limited Content Injection in Amazon Tablets
2019-02-08 15:31

A vulnerability in FireOS, the Amazon Fire Tablet's operating system, has been patched.

AWS Provides Secure Access to Internal Assets With Amazon WorkLink
2019-01-24 18:59

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday announced the launch of Amazon WorkLink, a service that enables organizations to provide employees easy and secure access to internal websites and...

Amazon Web Services announces AWS Backup
2019-01-18 03:30

Amazon Web Services released AWS Backup, a backup service that makes it faster and simpler for customers to back up their data across AWS services and on-premises, helping customers meet their...

Data Exposed in OXO, Amazon and MongoDB Leaks
2019-01-14 14:18

Dual data exposures and a wide-scale data leak due to a vulnerable MongoDB database have kicked off 2019 so far.

2018 ain't done yet... Amazon sent Alexa recordings of man and girlfriend to stranger
2018-12-20 23:20

Just human error, internet giant shrugs after GDPR request went wrong. No sh!t, Sherlock A German man was very confused when he received, at his request, all the information that Amazon possessed on him.…