Enlarge / A group of Amazon Echo smart speakers, including Echo Studio, Echo, and Echo Dot models. (Photo by Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images) T3 Magazine/Getty Images reader comments 92 with 72 posters participating, including story author Share this story Academic researchers have devised a new working exploit that commandeers Amazon Echo smart speakers ..
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Michael Blann | Getty Images reader comments 21 with 19 posters participating Share this story The list of sophisticated eavesdropping techniques has grown steadily over years: wiretaps, hacked phones, bugs in the wall—even bouncing lasers off of a building’s glass to pick up conversations inside. Now add another tool for audio spies: Any light bulb ..
Aurich Lawson / Getty reader comments 12 with 12 posters participating Share this story Until recently, weaknesses in Android camera apps from Google and Samsung made it possible for rogue apps to record video and audio and take images and then upload them to an attacker-controlled server—without any permissions to do so. Camera apps from ..
reader comments 30 with 26 posters participating Share this story Nation-sponsored hackers have a new tool to drain telecom providers of huge amounts of SMS messages at scale, researchers said. Dubbed “Messagetap” by researchers from the Mandiant division of security firm FireEye, the recently discovered malware infects Linux servers that route SMS messages through a ..
reader comments 44 with 36 posters participating Share this story By now, the privacy threats posed by Amazon Alexa and Google Home are common knowledge. Workers for both companies routinely listen to audio of users—recordings of which can be kept forever—and the sounds the devices capture can be used in criminal trials. Now, there’s a ..
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of wireless hackers in your computer. reader comments 60 with 49 posters participating Share this story Update 7:23pm ET: As this post was being reported, Zoom developers reversed their previous position and issued an update that changes the contested behavior. “Initially, we did not see the Web server or video-on posture ..
reader comments 46 with 31 posters participating Share this story Apple has patched one of its creepiest vulnerabilities ever—a flaw in its FaceTime messenger app that made it possible for people to eavesdrop on audio and video captured by iPhones and Macs. The bug in Group FaceTime, a feature that allows conference-call-style chats, made it ..
Enlarge / An Apple iPhone lock screen is seen in this photo illustration on September 24, 2018. (credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Chinese and Russian spies routinely eavesdrop on personal phone calls President Trump makes on his iPhones, one of which is no different from the smartphone millions of other people use. The US ..