Amazon Kindle owners could have exposed themselves to a remote control attack simply by opening the wrong e-book. In a report published on Friday, cybersecurity provider Check Point said that it discovered security holes in the Kindle that would have helped a cybercriminal take full control of the device, potentially leading to the theft of sensitive information including the Amazon device token, a unique key used to route messages and other notifications... Before Amazon patched the security flaws, a Kindle user could have unknowingly triggered the exploit just by opening a malicious e-book...No other action would have been required. With the vulnerabilities exploited, an attacker could...turn the Kindle into a malicious bot to attack other devices on the user's network..." https://www.techrepublic.com/articl...ackers-to-control-the-device/#ftag=RSS56d97e7
