Saturday, 9. July 2016
Topic: Phone - on July 9, 2016 at 10:40:00 AM CEST
Hidden Voice Commands Embedded in YouTube Videos Can Hijack Your Smartphone
A series of distorted voice commands surreptitiously hidden in YouTube videos can force unprotected Android or iOS smartphones to carry out malicious operations, researchers have discovered. Controlling smartphones with voice commands was already done last year when two security researchers from French agency ANSSI have used radio waves to send hidden commands to smartphones running Siri or Google Now. The attack was possible only if the phone had its headphones plugged in.
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