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Researchers from CSIRO’s Data61 have developed a new technique to protect consumers from voice spoofing attacks. Fraudsters can record a person’s voice for voice assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant and replay it to impersonate that i… Continue reading New technique protects consumers from voice spoofing attacks
Sweden’s Zound Industries, the company that manufactures headphones and speakers under license from Marshall Amps, has announced the release of a new Bluetooth speaker called the Uxbridge Voice, which has Alexa built in and supports AirPlay 2.Continue … Continue reading Marshall’s compact but powerful smart speaker makes Alexa rock
Ultrasonic waves don’t make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger. All without the phone owner’s knowledge. Ning Zhang, assistant profess… Continue reading Researchers use ultrasound waves vibrating through tables to access cellphones
A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now […] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.” Continue reading Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)
Fraud rates have been skyrocketing, with 90 voice channel attacks occurring every minute in the U.S., Pindrop reveals. Key findings Voice fraud continues to serve as a major threat, with rates climbing more than 350 percent from 2014 to 2018 The 2018 f… Continue reading Fraud rates increasing as criminals become more sophisticated
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. Continue reading Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots
Our sister website Just Ask Gemalto has a myriad of practical advice and tips to help you stay safe online this Cyber Security Awareness Month. We take at a look at some of the highlights.
The post Top digital security tips from our Just Ask Gemalto ex… Continue reading Top digital security tips from our Just Ask Gemalto experts that can help you stay safe online
Deepfake technology, which uses deep learning to create fake or altered video and audio content, continues to pose a major threat to businesses, consumers, and society as a whole. In the lead up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, government offici… Continue reading Deepfakes and voice as the next data breach
Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it. Continue reading Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy
Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze. Continue reading Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats