Phil Muncaster Honda and Universal Music Group (UMG) have both been left red-faced this week after researchers revealed sensitive log-in details and customer data were exposed to the public internet…
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Amazon Alexa heard and sent private chat
Dave Lee A couple in Portland, Oregon joked that their Amazon Alexa might be listening in to their private conversations. The joke came to an abrupt end when they discovered…
AWS sends noise to Signal: You can't use our servers to beat censors
By Richard Chirgwin Amazon has followed Google’s example by lowering the boom on a practice called “domain fronting” that organisations like Signal use to get around government censorship. As defined…
Alexa Turned Spy, Able to Snoop on Users
Kacy Zurkus Amazon put a quick stop to an issue in Alexa’s skill set after Chexmarx researchers reported that her skill set could be expanded to listen in on users not…
Exposed Amazon cloud storage clients get tip-off alerts
By Mark Ward Security researchers have posted “friendly warnings” to users of Amazon’s cloud data storage service whose private content has been made public, the BBC has learned. The BBC…
Amazon cyber attack student given suspended sentence
A student who admitted involvement in a string of high-profile cyber attacks has been given a suspended sentence. Jack Chappell, 19, from Stockport played a “substantial” role in attacking multinational…