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Digital assistants were created to ease our lives as they make most of our tasks hands-free. But sooner or later, hackers and security researchers have been able to compromise them (of course, hands-free!) if the tech companies themselves weren’t doing enough harm to people’s privacy. The latest addition to this is “Light Commands,” as its […]
A report by vulnerability testing experts states that a relatively old WiFi vulnerability affects millions of Amazon Echo and Kindle devices from different generations. This flaw, known as a KRACK attack, allows threat actors to deploy Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks to access a WiFi network with WPA2 protection. The Key Reinstallation Attack (KRACK) vulnerability was first […]
In an interview with Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer, top tech investor and Betaworks CEO, John Borthwick said that the information gathering by smart devices from the likes of Google and Amazon is “surveillance.” “From a consumer standpoint, user standpoint, is that these– these [smart] devices are being used for what’s– it’s hard to call […]
An Amazon customer in Germany under the European Union data protection law called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requested the company to send all the data it stored on him but little did he know he was about to get his hands on a trove of 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger speaking in their home. The customer who […]
Another day, another IoT flaw – Sonos and Bose Smart Speakers Vulnerable to be Hacked Remotely to Play Sounds of Hackers’ Choice. With smart technology, it is very important to remain alert and aware enough about security loopholes otherwise you can prepare yourself for dire consequences. According to security experts at Trend Micro, some of […]
A series of recently disclosed critical Bluetooth flaws that affect billions of Android, iOS, Windows and Linux devices have now been discovered in millions of AI-based voice-activated personal assistants, including Google Home and Amazon Echo. As estimated during the discovery of this devastating threat, several IoT and smart devices whose operating systems are often updated […]
In September 2017, the IT security researchers at Armis found eight zero-day vulnerabilities in Bluetooth protocol. Dubbed BlueBorne by researchers, these vulnerabilities affected millions of IoT and Windows, Linux, iOS and Android-based devices when their Bluetooth was enabled. Although Windows issued a quick patch for the vulnerability, Armis has now discovered that Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers […]
What is Amazon Echo? Amazon Echo is a popular hands-free smart speaker that you can control using your voice. As it’s “smart,” it can do a variety of tasks apart from the regular chore of playing music. Just like me, you can use it to make calls, send and receive messages, get information from the […]
Short Bytes: To solve the year-old Victor Collins murder mystery, the Arkansas police is trying to obtain an Amazon Echo’s recorded audio data stored on the cloud servers maintained by Amazon. The Echo was present at the house where the crime was committed. You never know what your always-on internet-connected Amazon Echo is capable of […]