Black Hat Europe 2025 | Taking Over Your Amazon Account With A Kindle (opens in new tab)

Amazon's Kindle is the most popular e-reader on the market, with an extensive ecosystem of e-books\. From a security perspective, Kindle devices especially stand out because they are often linked to an Amazon account\. Their complex software stack supports numerous e-book file formats \(AZW, MOBI, PDF\.\.\.\), as well as many underlying media formats that increase the attack surface\. As such, downloading an e-book from the store may allow an attacker to gain root access to the device, take c...