Discovery Of An Exploit That Allows Kindle E-Reader Takeover Was Awarded $18000 By Amazon

January 23, 2021

A cybersecurity researcher, Yogev Bar-On at Realmode Labs, an Israel-based cybersecurity consulting firm, discovered an exploit named as KindleDrip in October 2020. According to Amazon, to execute this attack successfully, it involves exploiting three different security flaws. The principal weakness in the exploit was identified with the “Send to Kindle” service, which permits clients to…
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