Amazon has quietly closed a serious security hole in Kindle devices that made it possible for attackers to hijack customer accounts simply by getting a malicious audiobook or e-book onto an e-reader.

Set up your Amazon passkey now. The U.S. Treasury has warned consumers of a surge in phishing attacks that “frequently impersonate trusted brands,” and one threat intelligence report has confirmed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Nov. 13, 2024: This story, originally published Nov.

Amazon is warning that a wave of highly convincing account scams is now targeting hundreds of millions of customers, turning routine shopping into a potential security risk. The company says attackers ...

Amazon has quietly added passkey support as a new passwordless login option for customers, offering better protection from information-stealing malware and phishing attacks. Passkeys are digital ...

Getting locked out of your Amazon account or seeing strange orders can be scary. Here’s how to take back control and keep it safe. Few other companies are as present in everyday life as Amazon. This ...

Securing your Amazon account should be one of your top priorities. If anyone gets access to your account, they can place orders on your behalf. To help you prevent this, Amazon has introduced passkey ...

Amazon CISO CJ Moses explains how Amazon’s honeypot system Madpot and Amazon Web Services’ active defense tool Sonaris are stopping trillions of cyberattacks on Amazon EC2 and S3 storage buckets.

Amazon is getting ready for Prime Day, and you can bet scammers are, too. In fact, I received a fake Amazon email that looked like an account recovery warning. It claimed there was unusual activity on ...

Amazon is the largest e-commerce platform in the world, with over 300 million active customers around the world. Given the huge number of users, Amazon takes various measures to prevent abuse of its ...