Security News

Office 365 Phishing Campaign Abuses Stolen Amazon SES Token
2021-11-02 00:29

A surge in spearphishing emails designed to steal Office 365 credentials were rigged to look like they came from a Kaspersky email address. Office 365 credentials are a common target for phishing attacks.

Kaspersky's stolen Amazon SES token used in Office 365 phishing
2021-11-01 17:25

Kaspersky said today that a legitimate Amazon Simple Email Service token issued to a third-party contractor was recently used by threat actors behind a spear-phishing campaign targeting Office 365 users. Amazon SES is a scalable email service designed to allow developers to send emails from any app for various use cases, including marketing and mass email communications.

AWS makes free cybersecurity awareness training available online
2021-10-27 20:03

As you may or may not know given the frequency of data breaches during the pandemic era, but October is cybersecurity awareness month.While many organisations have advocated for smarter cybersecurity practices to be observed in our personal and professional lives, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering something on top of this – freely accessible cybersecurity awareness training.

Amazon textbook rental service scammed for $1.5m
2021-10-15 23:24

From January 2016 through March 2021, according to the indictment, Talsma rented textbooks from the Amazon Rental program in order to sell them for a profit. He supposedly did so to bypass the 15 book limit Amazon placed on textbook rentals.

Things that are not PogChamp: Amazon's Twitch has its source code, streamer payout data leaked
2021-10-06 14:27

Links to torrents that contain 128GB of data supposedly pulled from the Amazon-owned Twitch streaming service have been posted to 4chan. Without a trace of irony, the anonymous poster described Twitch as "a disgusting toxic cesspool" and linked to the data, which they alleged contains the source code for the Twitch site, other bits of released and unreleased software, and data on payouts made to Twitch creators.

Amazon Driver-Surveillance Cameras Roll Out, Sparking Debate
2021-09-20 21:25

Drivers working for Amazon Delivery Service Partners are increasingly under constant surveillance for safe driving, monitored by artificial intelligence which awards them a score and generates voice reminders for safe driving. Drivers who spoke to Vice's Motherboard complained the tech is too sensitive, often wrong and making their jobs miserable - and not to mention, taking money out of their paycheck.

Houdini malware returns, enterprise risk assessment compromised by Amazon Sidewalk
2021-08-18 03:30

Cato Networks announced the results of its analysis of 263 billion enterprise network flows between April and June 2021. Researchers showed a novel use of Houdini malware to promote the spoofing of a device.

Houdini Malware Returns and Amazon's Sidewalk Enter Corporate Networks
2021-08-17 16:03

Cato Networks SASE Threat Research Report has discovered a new version of the old Houdini malware now being used to steal device information to subvert access rules that check on the device as well as the user. A controversial feature, Sidewalk constructs a shared network between other smart devices including Echo, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights and more.

Amazon’s Plan to Track Worker Keystrokes: A Sign of Controls to Come?
2021-08-13 21:19

Data theft, insider threats and imposters accessing sensitive customer data have apparently gotten so bad inside Amazon, the company is considering rolling out keyboard-stroke monitoring for its customer-service reps. A confidential memo from inside Amazon explained that customer service credential abuse and data theft was on the rise, according to Motherboard which reviewed the document.

Amazon Kindle Vulnerable to Malicious EBooks
2021-08-06 18:54

A security flaw in Amazon's Kindle e-reader made it vulnerable to malicious eBooks, opening the door to turning the devices into bots, compromising personal information and more. Check Point disclosed the bug to Amazon in February, and it was fixed in April; Amazon released patched firmware to be automatically installed on every Kindle connected to the internet.