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Apple fixes Siri vulnerabilities that could have allowed sensitive data theft from locked device. Update now!
Apple has released security updates that patch vulnerabilities in Siri and VoiceOver that could be used to access sensitive user data.
Read moreSmart home assistants at risk from “NUIT” ultrasound attack
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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Read moreA week in security (February 7 – February 13)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:46:54 +0000
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| The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days. Categories: A week in security Tags: IRSmacrosMagecartmetaMFA adoptionNews CorpOnline Safety BillsapSecuritassiriSugar ransomwarevalentine’s day |
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Read moreSiri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack
Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:07:04 +0000
Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4GKhM4slSc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreSmart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day
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=””/>
Read moreGoogle voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands
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=””/>
Read moreApple to fix Siri bug that exposed parts of encrypted emails
Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:02:06 +0000
Apple may care about your privacy but that doesn’t mean it gets it right all the time, especially when it comes to training its Siri AI assistant.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TwQGoS3CLXs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreSmartphone and speaker voice assistants can be hacked using lasers
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=””/>
Read moreApple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy
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=””/>
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