Tag: Google Home
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The Pros and Cons of Smart Homes
The world is more connected than ever before, and the rise of the smart home is just one of the many signs. According to recent statistics, …
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Google Home smart speaker bug could have allowed hackers to spy on your conversations
A security researcher has won a $107,500 bug bounty after discovering a way in which hackers could install a backdoor on Google Home …
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Vulnerability in Google Home Speaker Allowed Eavesdropping
A vulnerability in Google Home speakers could have allowed threat actors to remotely listen in on user conversations. The issue was …
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Google Fixes Mysterious Audio Recording Blip in Smart Speakers
After Google Home users started receiving mysterious alerts when their fire alarms went off or their plates smashed in their homes, Google …
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Google ‘accidentally’ enabled smart speakers to listen passive sounds
Google Home devices have been a huge hit. They are known to perform some of the coolest functions including working simultaneously with …
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Innovative IoT Hardware and the Fight for Privacy
You’ve probably heard the comment that if you want your privacy, then stay away from IoT. It’s easy to suggest not using such products at …
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Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home
In the spring of last year, cybersecurity researcher Takeshi Sugarawa walked into the lab of Kevin Fu, a professor he was visiting at the …
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Smashing Security #151: Frankly, sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea
Remember how the City of Baltimore was badly hit by ransomware earlier this year? Turns out that wasn’t the end of their …
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Researchers Turn Alexa and Google Home Into Credential Thieves
“Alexa, steal my passwords.” It’s not a phrase a user is likely to utter, but security researchers in Germany have shown that it’s possible …
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Alexa and Google Home devices leveraged to phish and eavesdrop on users, again
Hackers can abuse Amazon Alexa and Google Home smart assistants to eavesdrop on user conversations without users’ knowledge, or trick users …
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Google now forces all Nest camera devices LED to remain on because privacy
Google has been moving towards making its Home and Nest more privacy-oriented, and now it has taken one step towards that for Nest cams. …
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Hey Google, lend me a tenner? NatWest trials voice banking
High street bank says Google Home trial could let you do the banking as you make a cuppa or iron a shirt. …
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