Voice assistants, including Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, can be controlled by hackers using inaudible voice commands, researchers at Zhejiang University in China have found.
This can be done using a technique that translates voice commands into ultrasonic frequencies that are too high for the human ear to recognise.
The technique, named DolphinAttack, could be used to download a virus, send fake messages and even add fake events to a calendar.
It could also give hackers access to outgoing video or phone calls, allowing them to spy on their victims. Full story...
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This can be done using a technique that translates voice commands into ultrasonic frequencies that are too high for the human ear to recognise.
The technique, named DolphinAttack, could be used to download a virus, send fake messages and even add fake events to a calendar.
It could also give hackers access to outgoing video or phone calls, allowing them to spy on their victims. Full story...
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