Collaborate Disseminate
How worried should we be about deepfakes? What sort of threat do they pose to digital ID verification and the biometric technology that we are becoming so reliant on, and are there ways to combat the threat? The deepfake threat Deepfakes refer to manip… Continue reading Combating deepfakes: How we can future-proof our biometric identities
The number of users of software-based facial recognition to secure payments will exceed 1.4 billion globally by 2025, from just 671 million in 2020, a Juniper Research study reveals. This rapid growth of 120% demonstrates how widespread facial recognit… Continue reading Number of users of software-based facial recognition for payments to surge
IEEE Spectrum had an interesting post covering several companies trying to sell voice programming interfaces. Not programming APIs for speech recognition, but the replacement of the traditional text editor to …read more Continue reading Code Talkers: Programming with Voice
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