Alexa

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2019
‘Light commands’ attack: hacking Alexa, Siri, and other voice assistants via Laser Beam

Experts demonstrated that is possible to hack smart voice assistants like Siri and Alexa using a lasers beam to send them inaudible commands. Researchers with the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications (Tokyo) have devised a new technique, dubbed “light commands,” to remotely hack Alexa and Siri smart speakers using a laser light […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2018
Hacking the Amazon Alexa virtual assistant to spy on unaware users

Checkmarx experts created a proof-of-concept Amazon Echo Skill for Alexa that instructs the device to eavesdrop on users’ conversations and then sends the transcripts to a website controlled by the attackers. The Alexa virtual assistant could be abused by attackers to spy on consumers with smart devices. Researchers at security firm Checkmarx created a proof-of-concept Amazon Echo Skill […]