It’s every Amazon Alexa owner’s worst nightmare - your private conversations not just being listened to, but shared with random contacts without your knowledge.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
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Now Amazon wants the keys to your car
Yes, Amazon is now offering free in-car delivery to customers in some cities.
If you’re comfortable with a stranger remotely unlocking your car, of course.
1 in 50 publicly readable Amazon buckets are also writable - and that’s a data disaster waiting to happen
Don’t dilly-dally. If you haven’t already properly secured the Amazon Web Services S3 servers (known as “buckets”) storing your sensitive data in the cloud then your business has no time to lose.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
PODCASTSmashing Security #065: Cryptominomania, Poppy, and your Amazon Alexa
Cryptomining goes nuclear, YouTube for Kids gets scary, and TV ads have been given the green light to mess with your Amazon Alexa.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.
PODCASTSmashing Security #062: Tinder spying, Amazon shoplifting, and petrol pump malware
Your Tinder swipes can be spied upon, Amazon is opening high street stores that don’t require any staff, and Russian fuel pumps are being infected with malware in an elaborate scheme to make large amounts of money.
With Carole on a top secret special assignment, it’s left to security veteran Graham Cluley to discuss all this and much much more on the “Smashing Security” podcast with special guests David McClelland and Vanja Švajcer.
PODCASTSmashing Security podcast #057: Mikko - live from the sauna - talks Bitcoin security
How to protect yourself from Bitcoin hackers, why you should think twice before giving Amazon the keys to your house, and how a private investigator tried to hack Donald Trump’s tax returns.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Mikko Hyppönen from F-Secure.
PODCASTSmashing Security podcast #053: Game of Thrones, a major Amazon cloud leak, and web tracking gone crazy
The FBI think they’ve identified the HBO hacker, the US military have been caught with a leaky bucket, and web tracking has just got scarier than ever.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by special guest Iain Thomson from The Register.
Amazon moves to stop S3 buckets leaking business data
Businesses don’t need to be targeted by sophisticated hackers to have private and sensitive data splashed across the newspaper headlines.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Hackers could install malware on your Amazon Echo to secretly ‘wiretap’ you
Security researchers have discovered that the Amazon Echo is vulnerable to attacks that could allow a hacker to install malware capable of secretly spying on the device’s microphone to hear what is being said in its vicinity.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.
Trojan found pre-installed on Android phones being sold on Amazon
Security researchers have discovered the malicious Triada trojan horse implanted into the firmware of several Android devices.
David Bisson reports.
PODCASTSmashing Security #031: Petya (don’t know the name of this ransomware)
Another major ransomware outbreak rattles the world - but no-one can decide what it’s called, the danger posed to driverless cars by kangaroos, and do you really want an Amazon Echo Show?
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest David Bisson.
The Amazon Echo (Horror) Show
Well done. You just paid $299 for the benefit of having a Peeping Tom in your kitchen.
Amazon Echo Look: Super or Scary?
My reaction when I heard that Amazon had added a camera to the next generation of its Alexa-powered Echo device was a mixture of revulsion and head-shaking inevitability.
But what do you think? Take our poll and share your thoughts.
Google search results are falling foul of scammers spoofing well-known sites
Online fraudsters managed to waltz past Google’s vetting and successfully plant a rogue ad for the world’s most searched for retail store: Amazon.
Read my latest article on the Hot for Security blog.
It makes good security sense to change Alexa’s name - here’s how
Waking your Alexa device should be as hard for an unauthorised party to do as guessing your password.
TV News anchor says ‘Alexa, buy me a dollhouse’ with predictable results…
Amazon’s voice-activated assistant Alexa - which powers the likes of the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot - has a problem.
