Amazon sells content for the Kindle in a format, known as ".azw," which prevents users from violating copyright regulations and transferring files loaded with protected content to other devices.

One of the benefits of e-readers is that few exploits can take over your entire account and let a malicious actor from getting access to your digital life. We’ve all heard about phones, tablets, and ...

Amazon has quietly closed a serious security hole in Kindle devices that made it possible for attackers to hijack customer ...

Update, July 20, 2025: This story, originally published on July 19, has been updated with information concerning hundreds of comments from Ring doorbell users who claim that unknown devices logged ...

Amazon is about to end Kindle content download support in old versions of its Android app. The move would close a loophole used to retrieve files vulnerable to DRM removal. This follows Amazon ending ...

Amazon confirmed a data breach involving employee information after data allegedly stolen during the May 2023 MOVEit attacks was leaked on a hacking forum. The threat actor behind this data leak, ...

A security researcher has demonstrated how a malicious ebook or audiobook file could compromise a Kindle device and expose Amazon account access. The attack, shown during a security conference in ...

Amazon is one of the top retailers in the U.S., and its popularity only rises during the holiday shopping season. Hackers did not add Amazon lockers to the address lists in Amazon accounts, according ...