Hackers Can Use Ultrasonic Waves to Secretly Control Voice Assistant Devices

The hacker news | March 02, 2020

Researchers have discovered a new means to target voice-controlled devices by propagating ultrasonic waves through solid materials in order to interact with and compromise them using inaudible voice commands without the victims' knowledge.Called "SurfingAttack," the attack leverages the unique properties of acoustic transmission in solid materials such as tables  to "enable multiple rounds of interactions between the voice-controlled device and the attacker over a longer distance and without the need to be in line-of-sight."In doing so, it's possible for an attacker to interact with the devices using the voice assistants, hijack SMS two-factor authentication codes, and even place fraudulent calls, the researchers outlined in the paper, thus controlling the victim device inconspicuously.

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