Cisco supports the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework and is a launch partner of AWS Security Lake The Cisco Secure Technical Alliance supports the open ecosystem and AWS is a valued technology alliance partner, with integrations across the Cisco Secure portfolio, including SecureX, Secure Firewall, Secure Cloud Analytics, Duo, Umbrella, Web Security Appliance, Secure … [Read more...] about Cisco Joins the Launch of Amazon Security Lake
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New Amazon Kindle Bug Could’ve Let Attackers Hijack Your eBook Reader
Amazon earlier this April addressed a critical vulnerability in its Kindle e-book reader platform that could have been potentially exploited to take full control over a user's device, resulting in the theft of sensitive information by just deploying a malicious e-book. "By sending Kindle users a single malicious e-book, a threat actor could have stolen any information stored on … [Read more...] about New Amazon Kindle Bug Could’ve Let Attackers Hijack Your eBook Reader
Your Amazon Devices to Automatically Share Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors
Starting June 8, Amazon will automatically enable a feature on your Alexa, Echo, or other Amazon device that will share some of your Internet bandwidth with your neighbors—unless you choose to opt out. Amazon intends to register its family of hardware devices that are operational in the U.S.—including Echo speakers, Ring Video Doorbells, Ring Floodlight … [Read more...] about Your Amazon Devices to Automatically Share Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors
Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process
Researchers have uncovered gaps in Amazon's skill vetting process for the Alexa voice assistant ecosystem that could allow a malicious actor to publish a deceptive skill under any arbitrary developer name and even make backend code changes after approval to trick users into giving up sensitive information. The findings were presented on Wednesday at the Network and Distributed … [Read more...] about Malicious Amazon Alexa Skills Can Easily Bypass Vetting Process
Phishing and online scams on Amazon
Anyone who has had any contact with Amazon knows that, from time to time, you may come across scammers who parasitically exploit the marketplace’s popularity. They defraud all sorts of users: sellers, buyers, regular users, and one-time visitors. Even if you’ve never logged on to Amazon (real talk, though: never?), some of these scams can affect you, too. We’ll focus first on … [Read more...] about Phishing and online scams on Amazon
Amazon Alexa Bugs Allowed Hackers to Install Malicious Skills Remotely
Attention! If you use Amazon's voice assistant Alexa in you smart speakers, just opening an innocent-looking web-link could let attackers install hacking skills on it and spy on your activities remotely.Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed severe security vulnerabilities in Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant that could render it vulnerable to a number of malicious … [Read more...] about Amazon Alexa Bugs Allowed Hackers to Install Malicious Skills Remotely
Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Work Together to Accelerate Cloud Adoption
The cloud is an interesting paradigm that takes on multiple personas, depending on who you ask. For the purposes of this post, by the “cloud” I am referring to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) public cloud providers, also referred to as Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). Presently, the IaaS market is experiencing the “highest growth rate” among all cloud services and is expected … [Read more...] about Cisco and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Work Together to Accelerate Cloud Adoption
Apple Card — How to find your card number — Apple
When you’re shopping online with Apple Card and need to find your card number, it’s right in your Wallet app. Coming later this month. Learn more and sign up to be notified at: http://apple.co/AppleCard … [Read more...] about Apple Card — How to find your card number — Apple
Magecart Hackers Infect 17,000 Sites Through Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets
Magecart strikes again!Cybersecurity researchers have identified yet another supply-chain attack carried out by payment card hackers against more than 17,000 web domains, which also include websites in the top 2,000 of Alexa rankings.Since Magecart is neither a single group nor a specific malware instead an umbrella term given to all those cyber criminal groups and individuals … [Read more...] about Magecart Hackers Infect 17,000 Sites Through Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets
News Wrap: Amazon Echo Privacy, Facebook FTC Fines and Biometrics Regulation
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. Source link … [Read more...] about News Wrap: Amazon Echo Privacy, Facebook FTC Fines and Biometrics Regulation