Tag: Amazon Alexa
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“Alexa, hack yourself” – researchers describe new exploit that turns smart speakers against themselves
Researchers have discovered a novel way of exploiting Amazon Echo smart speakers to perform commands. They get the Amazon Echo speaker to …
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Amazon Alexa can be hijacked via commands from own speaker
Without a critical update, Amazon Alexa devices could wake themselves up and start executing audio commands issued by a remote attacker, …
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Analysis Shows Amazon’s Alexa Collects More Data Than Any Other Smart Assistant
Reviews.org compared Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s Bixby, and Microsoft’s …
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Hey Alexa, Who Am I Messaging?
The potential for digital-home assistants like Amazon Alexa to infringe on user privacy by making and saving voice recordings of them is …
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Light-Based Attacks Expand in the Digital Home
Imagine someone hacking into an Amazon Alexa device using a laser beam and then doing some online shopping using that person account. This …
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Windstream Enterprise adds Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa to its SD-WAN solution
Windstream Enterprise (WE) has added new Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice command features to its SD-WAN solution, enabling network …
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Vulnerabilities in Amazon Alexa could have exposed user data to hackers
Now patched vulnerabilities in servers used by Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa smart home devices could have been exploited to obtain the …
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In one click: Amazon Alexa could be exploited for theft of voice history, PII, skill tampering
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant could be exploited to hand over user data due to security vulnerabilities in the service’s subdomains. The …
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Amazon Alexa ‘One-Click’ Attack Can Divulge Personal Data
Vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant platform could allow attackers to access users’ banking data history or home …
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Amazon Alexa Bugs Allowed Hackers to Install Malicious Skills Remotely
Attention! If you use Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa in you smart speakers, just opening an innocent-looking web-link could let attackers …
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Amazon says police demands for customer data have gone up
Amazon has said the number of demands for user data made by U.S. federal and local law enforcement have increased during the first half of …
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Would you trust Amazon Alexa more if given the option to adjust privacy settings?
Trust in Amazon Alexa Trust in Amazon Alexa went up for regular users who were given the option to adjust their privacy and content …
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