The US Department of Homeland Security and UK’s GCHQ have rallied behind the vigorous denials issued by Amazon and Apple, after Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported China had planted malicious computer chips on systems used by the tech giants.
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China accused of sabotaging thousands of servers at major US companies with tiny microchips hidden on motherboards
An extraordinary report released by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which claims that China has been exploiting the supply-chain, planting a tiny microchip on servers which ended up in the server rooms of almost 30 companies, including the likes of Apple and Amazon.
PODCASTSmashing Security #096: Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes
Amazon staff are being bribed to delete negative reviews and leak data, deepfakes are getting more dangerous, an update on John McAfee’s bitcoin bet, and our guest gets a shock…
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week (for a while at least) by David Bisson.
Amazon staff said to be taking bribes to leak data
Often the biggest problem is not the threat of external hackers, but rather internal staff to whom you have granted access to sensitive data and who might be tempted to exploit it for financial gain.
PODCASTSmashing Security #087: How Russia hacked the US election
Regardless of whether Donald Trump believes Russia hacked the Democrats in the run-up to the US Presidential election or not, we explain how they did it. And Carole explores some of the creepier things being done in the name of surveillance.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Woman says Alexa recorded and shared the private conversation she was having with her husband
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.
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.
