Security News

Amazon Echo Could Become an Attacker's Listening Device (Security Week)
2017-08-01 12:32

The Amazon Echo is an always-listening device designed to play music, answer questions via the Alexa voice service, and control connected home devices such as WeMo, Hive and Nest. Now researchers...

Amazon Patents Measures to Prevent In-Store Comparison Shopping (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-23 11:26

Amazon has been issued a patent on security measures that prevents people from comparison shopping while in the store. It's not a particularly sophisticated patent -- it basically detects when...

Intelligence data, security credentials found exposed in the Amazon cloud (Help Net Security)
2017-06-01 15:41

A data cache containing highly sensitive US military data has inadvertently been exposed online, UpGuard cyber risk analyst Chris Vickery has discovered last week. After downloading and analyzing...

Defense contractor stored intelligence data in Amazon cloud unprotected (ArsTechnica)
2017-05-31 20:00

Booz Allen Hamilton engineer posted geospatial intelligence to Amazon S3 bucket.

US Defense Contractor left Sensitive Files on Amazon Server Without Password (The Hackers News)
2017-05-31 11:20

Sensitive files linked to the United States intelligence agency were reportedly left on a public Amazon server by one of the nation's top intelligence contractor without a password, according to a...