Have your security team members ever made a mistake in the cloud? Human error happens and it can take on many forms. But, none are as serious as failing to…
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Data of millions of eBay and Amazon shoppers exposed
Eight million customer records belonging to companies including Amazon, eBay, Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe were collected. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author: John E Dunn
Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day
That smart home speaker isn’t listening to everything you say, according to new research – but it is listening a lot more than it should. This post appeared first on…
Ring makes 2FA mandatory to keep hackers out of your doorbell account
Amazon is following Google’s lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author:…
Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author:…
Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app
Inmates’ and correctional facilities employees’ data has been sloshed onto the web, unencrypted and unsecured, in yet another instance of a misconfigured cloud storage bucket. The vpnMentor cybersecurity research team,…
UN report alleges that Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone
Digital forensic evidence points to the phone’s massive, months-long data egress having likely been triggered by Pegasus mobile spyware. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author:…
Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think
Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it’s not just dating apps that are doing…
Vulnerability in Amazon’s Ring Doorbell Let Hackers Steal Your Home Wi-Fi Passwords
Researchers discovered a severe vulnerability in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell let hackers intercept the WiFi network credentials and bypass the home security. By Connecting Amazon’s Ring doorbell with Alexa then by…
Making the Case for Network Segmentation in AWS
Network segmentation is a concept that dates back to the start of enterprise IT systems. The simplest demonstration of this is separating application and infrastructure components with a firewall. This…