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Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack

March 2, 2020 0 Comments Android, Apple, bixby, dolphin attack, dolphinattack, Google, Google Assistant, Huawei, lyrebird, motorola, Privacy, Samsung, security threats, Siri, surfingattack, ultrasonic waves, Ultrasound, voice assistants, xiaomi

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=””/>

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Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)

January 14, 2020 0 Comments audio, china, clips, Microsoft, Privacy, privacy policy, skype, voice assistants, voice recognition

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:51:15 +0000

A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now […] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MmxOcairoTY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots

October 24, 2019 0 Comments androids, bed-bots, code signing, henn na hotel, his group, his hotel group, japan, nfc tag, peeping toms, Privacy, robot hotels, robots, security threats, smart speakers, surveillance, tapia, unsigned code, voice assistants, voice recognition, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:39:48 +0000

Japan’s Henn na Hotel says it’s “modified” the bots so pervs can’t exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6qgRyj8P2OY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy

August 30, 2019 0 Comments Alexa, Apple, contractors, Cortana, Google, Microsoft, Privacy, privacy policy, Siri, voice assistants, voice recognition

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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Humans may have been listening to you via your Xbox

August 22, 2019 0 Comments Audio and Video, Cortana, Microsoft, Privacy, Siri, voice assistants, wake word, Xbox

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:17:12 +0000

Microsoft has given audio clips to contractors for years, but it says it recently stopped. … For the most part.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8wgKaiztpuA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Scammers use bogus search results to fool voice assistants

August 20, 2019 0 Comments Alexa, amazon, Apple, Cortana, ESTA visa, Google, Google Assistant, security threats, Siri, tech support scam, voice assistants

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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Listening in: Humans hear the private info Siri accidentally records

July 30, 2019 0 Comments Alexa, Apple, Apple Watch, contractors, Google Assistant, HomePod, IoT, Machine Learning, Privacy, Siri, Uncategorized, voice assistants

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:28:24 +0000

Apple Watch and HomePod have the highest rate of inadvertent recordings, a whistleblower says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NBH7Od8K-QM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>