Latest Amazon news

Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement

The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2024
- 10:31 AM
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Amazon sues REKK fraud gang that stole millions in illicit refunds

Amazon's Customer Protection and Enforcement team has taken legal action against an underground store refund scheme that has resulted in the theft of millions of dollars worth of products from Amazon's online platforms.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2023
- 11:47 AM
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India targets Microsoft, Amazon tech support scammers in nationwide crackdown

India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams and cryptocurrency fraud.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 19, 2023
- 01:22 PM
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Amazon adds passkey support as new passwordless login option

Amazon has quietly added passkey support as a new passwordless login option for customers, offering better protection from information-stealing malware and phishing attacks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 17, 2023
- 03:09 PM
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Amazon to make MFA mandatory for 'root' AWS accounts by mid-2024

Amazon will require all privileged AWS (Amazon Web Services) accounts to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) for stronger protection against account hijacks leading to data breaches, starting in mid-2024.
- Bill Toulas
- October 05, 2023
- 01:06 PM
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Amazon sends Mastercard, Google Play gift card order emails by mistake

Amazon mistakenly sent out purchase confirmation emails for Hotels.com, Google Play, and Mastercard gift cards to customers, making many worried their accounts were compromised.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 01, 2023
- 02:23 PM
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Sneaky Amazon Google ad leads to Microsoft support scam

A legitimate-looking ad for Amazon in Google search results redirects visitors to a Microsoft Defender tech support scam that locks up their browser.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 21, 2023
- 01:52 PM
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Amazon AWS distances itself from Moq amid data collection controversy

Amazon AWS has withdrawn its association with open source project Moq after the project drew sharp criticism for its quiet addition of data collection features, as first reported by BleepingComputer.
- Ax Sharma
- August 11, 2023
- 10:04 AM
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Amazon's AWS SSM agent can be used as post-exploitation RAT malware

Researchers have discovered a new post-exploitation technique in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows hackers to use the platform's System Manager (SSM) agent as an undetectable Remote Access Trojan (RAT).
- Bill Toulas
- August 02, 2023
- 11:18 AM
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Amazon agrees to $25 million fine for Alexa children privacy violations

The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle alleged children's privacy laws violations related to the company's Alexa voice assistant service.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 21, 2023
- 08:02 AM
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FTC: Amazon trapped millions into hard-to-cancel Prime memberships

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Amazon allegedly used dark patterns to trick millions of users into enrolling in its Prime program and trapping them by making it as difficult as possible to cancel the automatically-renewing subscriptions.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 21, 2023
- 11:35 AM
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Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 04:44 PM
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Launch your cloud career with this 67 hours AWS training course deal

The complete 2023 AWS Cloud Engineer, Developer, and Architect Course Bundle contains more than 65 hours of training, and it's all available through April 24 for a best-of-the-web price of $39.97.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- April 18, 2023
- 02:14 PM
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Boost your Amazon Web Services skills with this training bundle deal

AWS is increasingly part of IT functions across the board. This 10-course bundle helps you get the most from it for $29.99, 92% off the $399 MSRP.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- April 12, 2023
- 02:11 PM
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Flipper Zero banned by Amazon for being a ‘card skimming device’

Amazon has banned the sale of the Flipper Zero portable multi-tool for pen-testers as it no longer allows its sale on the platform after tagging it as a card-skimming device.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 07, 2023
- 05:01 AM
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Malicious Google ads sneak AWS phishing sites into search results

A new phishing campaign targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) logins is abusing Google ads to sneak phishing sites into Google Search to steal your login credentials.
- Bill Toulas
- February 09, 2023
- 01:37 PM
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Android TV box on Amazon came pre-installed with malware

A Canadian system administrator discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware.
- Bill Toulas
- January 12, 2023
- 03:41 PM
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Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default.
- Bill Toulas
- January 06, 2023
- 11:32 AM
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Amazon ECR Public Gallery flaw could have wiped or poisoned any image

A severe security flaw in the Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry) Public Gallery could have allowed attackers to delete any container image or inject malicious code into the images of other AWS accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- December 13, 2022
- 09:00 AM
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Get one e-book or over 55 hours of AWS training by naming your price

Studying for AWS be rather expensive, so it's wise to hunt discounts wherever possible while you save up for the certification exams. With the Complete Amazon Web Services E-Book Bundle, you can name your price for one e-book or beat the average price to get all six.
- BleepingComputer Deals
- September 13, 2022
- 07:22 AM
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