Categories: News Tags: ultrasound Tags: NUIT Tags: speakers Tags: microphone Tags: device Tags: IoT Tags: assistant Tags: alexa Tags: siri Tags: google Tags: silent We take a look at research for an IoT attack called NUIT, capable of hijacking voice assistants via ultrasonic attack. |
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:47:17 +0000
That smart home speaker isn’t listening to everything you say, according to new research – but it is listening a lot more than it should.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/J0yh5jhzK8w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:02:58 +0000
Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/suVe_eSbeHg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:03:16 +0000
A US-Japanese team published a research paper which confirms an interesting and under-estimated possibility – these devices will also accept “signal injection” commands sent to them using pulses of laser light over distances of a hundred metres or more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_7WhfQGzceQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:26:53 +0000
A friend heard a couple arguing but couldn’t make out what it was about. Police hope that Alexa might have a better idea.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ml8LXjIH9qE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:43:57 +0000
The researchers’ “Smart Spies” apps showed how Amazon Alexa and Google Home users could be exposed to vishing and eavesdropping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2-76soYbixo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:37:52 +0000
Rick Osterloh says he discloses smart speaker use when someone enters his home, and the products should probably do so themselves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qRZbDKOCYpk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 10:35:34 +0000
Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YC7GTRUdtR8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:36:52 +0000
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| We look at recent research exploring the threat of clickjacking, along with other solutions considered by site owners and analysts for protecting users against these online attacks. Categories: Tags: advertisingalexaalexa-ranked websiteschromiumclickjackingclickjacking attacksclickjacking researchobserverrankingresearchstudyweb threatswebsites |
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:41:10 +0000
The Better Business Bureau reports that scammers have worked out how to game search results for company customer support telephone numbers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3nK_drrO_gM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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