Security News

Amazon's Whole Foods Market Suffers Credit Card Breach In Some Stores
2017-09-29 00:32

Another day, another data breach. This time Amazon-owned grocery chain has fallen victim to a credit card security breach. Whole Foods Market—acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in late...

Chris Vickery on Amazon S3 Data Leaks
2017-09-25 15:15

Mike Mimoso talks to Chris Vickery of Upguard of the recent rash of Amazon S3 data leaks.

Verizon Wireless Internal Credentials, Infrastructure Details Exposed in Amazon S3 Bucket
2017-09-22 19:56

Verizon is the latest company to leak confidential data through an exposed Amazon S3 bucket.

Viacom Left Sensitive Data And Secret Access Key On Unsecured Amazon Server
2017-09-20 00:39

Viacom—the popular entertainment and media company that owns Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV, and hundreds of other properties—has exposed the keys to its kingdom on an unsecured Amazon S3...

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Hosted in Amazon S3 Bucket (Threatpost)
2017-08-25 14:00

Attackers are using an exploit kit to spread the Zminer executable that downloads a cryptocurrency miner hosted in an Amazon S3 bucket.

Meeting and Hotel Booking Provider’s Data Found in Public Amazon S3 Bucket (Threatpost)
2017-08-21 15:13

Personal and business data belonging to Boston area meeting and hotel booking provider Groupize was discovered in a publicly accessible Amazon Web Services S3 bucket, which has since been locked down.

Amazon Launches AWS Data Protection Service (Security Week)
2017-08-16 09:57

Amazon announced this week the launch of Macie, a new security service that helps Amazon Web Services (AWS) users discover, classify and protect sensitive data. read more

Turning an Amazon Echo into an Eavesdropping Device (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-10 18:54

For once, the real story isn't as bad as it seems. A researcher has figured out how to install malware onto an Echo that causes it to stream audio back to a remote controller, but: The technique...

Week in review: MalwareTech arrested, hacking Amazon Echo (Help Net Security)
2017-08-07 01:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers probing it The Internet of Things...

Amazon Suspends Sales of BLU Smartphones Over Security, Privacy Concerns (Security Week)
2017-08-01 21:16

Amazon has suspended the sale of BLU Android smartphones after learning that there might be a potential security issue on select devices. read more