Hackers can use YouTube videos to hijack your smartphone.
This could potentially affect any device that uses voice commands, although is mainly aimed at mobile phone users (all platforms). I wonder if it's worth adding a 'Mobile Security' section to the 'Mobile Phones, Tablets and other Gadgets section'? as that would have been more appropriate at this time, although I can foresee more computer users installing voice command software in the future. Even if the system allows the user to customise the voice command wording for any particular task, most people will stick with the default which makes it easier for hackers. (">
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Gone are the days where a hacker would try steal your bank password or PIN numbers—your data is what a hacker is really looking for. Yes, he is mining for your data, which could be turn out to be gold for him. If you hold private photos on your smartphone, or sensitive documents, it could make a hacker rich overnight. While nude pics and selfies could bring him a substantial amount of money from porn websites, your sensitive documents could fetch him a good amount too. All this data could be used for making money or could also be used against you. However, to get his hands on your data, he needs to have physical access to your device. The other way is to get it through an online route via the internet. A simple malicious code sent to your smartphone can do the trick and help the hacker get all the information on your smartphone without your knowledge. However, though it is not as easy as it sounds, it is still highly possible if the hacker has the right tools and outsmarts you.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/techn...martphone.html
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I don't know why you'd listen to something with a messed up voice like that as the sound.
I can't see this as a viable threat to be honest.
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Mule
I don't know why you'd listen to something with a messed up voice like that as the sound.
I can't see this as a viable threat to be honest.
Well you obviously wouldn't want to listen to something messed up like that but when embedded in a video that you are interested in watching you would probably dismiss it as a slight glitch and ignore it the first few times, and by then its too late and you have malware secretly installed on your device. You wouldn't recognise it as a command but your device would. The garbled command only lasts a second and only needs to happen three or four times during a three minute video. If it was an instructional video like 'how to clean the fan on your overheating laptop' most people would ignore it because they would still be getting the instructions they need to get the job done. Either from voice instructions (with the garbled message appearing in between sentences), or from on screen text. As their laptop is being taken apart to clean the fan it's quite feasible that they would be watching the YouTube instructional video on their mobile phone. I certainly wouldn't dismiss the possibility of something like this. (">
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Load of wank if you ask me...
Voice commands don't always work in normal circumstances let alone on some twatty youtube video.
These "pen testers and "security experts" are clutching at straws a bit
DJ OD
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Just tested this on my tablet btw, didn't work even without background noise.
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If only Black Oracle was here to share his expertise.......
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Northernbloke
If only Black Oracle was here to share his expertise.......
Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
Maybe he is ...
DJ OD
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There are other sources of information about the possibility of hacking a mobile device using the voice command interface. Here is one that mentions using silent radio waves. https://www.wired.com/2015/10/this-r...-16-feet-away/
May be some exaggeration in the articles to make news but it has apparently been researched by people who should know what they are talking about. As we know, with new technology that makes our life easier comes new ways for hackers to get at our private information. (">
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To be fair if you don't want your private information getting out, don't have a phone and don't use the internet. It's the only way.
If "they" want your info, they will get it.
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piggzy
To be fair if you don't want your private information getting out, don't have a phone and don't use the internet. It's the only way.
If "they" want your info, they will get it.
I agree, same for a car, if you don't want your car stolen don't own one because if someone really wants it they will get it no matter what just like the info on your mobile phone.
All you can do is slow them down or put in a deterant so that they go to an easier victim.
