Company bragged phone mics could listen to conversations. They couldn’t.

A media company and two of its marketing partners have been fined for selling a service which, they said, listened in to people's conversations through their phones. Actually they did nothing of the sort. Most people have worried at some point that their phone has been listening to them through t...

Air fryer app caught asking for voice data (re-air) (Lock and Code S06E24)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast … It's often said online that if a product is free, you're the product, but what if that bargain was no longer true? What if, depending on the device you paid hard-earned money for, you still became a product yourself, to be measured, anonymized, collated,...

Qualcomm Chipsets Security Vulnerability

Qualcomm Chipsets are a family of chipsets from Qualcomm Incorporated USA. A security vulnerability exists in Qualcomm Chipsets that originates from audio memory corruption when processing VOC packet data from an ADSP...

This Week in Security News: Rules and Regulation

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, House lawmakers approved legislation for securing technology used to power critical infrastructures from cyberattacks. Read on to learn more...

Microsoft Windows: Allow Input Personalization

Microsoft provides both a device-based speech recognition feature and a cloud-based online speech recognition service in regions where Cortana is available. Turning on the Online speech recognition setting lets you use Microsoft cloud-based speech recognition in Cortana, the Mixed Reality Portal,...

Apple Admits Siri Voice Data is Being shared with Third Parties

It has been known from year 2013 that commands we have been whispering to Siri are being stored on Apple servers for up to two years for analysis, but this news might be the most shocking development yet. Apple admits that its Siri — an intelligent personal assistant for iPhone, iPad and iPod Tou...

Massive Database from Tango messenger server hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

Syrian Electronic Army SEA, hacking group known for cyber attacks against the anti-Syrian websites, has claimed that it has hacked the website of messaging application, Tango tango.me, that includes hundreds of millions of electronic and voice data over the Internet. Hacker group tweeted a messag...

Cisco Patches Voice Flaws

Cisco has released a number of reports on vulnerabilities in its products. It is possible to disrupt the transfer of voice data in the Unified Communications Manager using crafted SIP, SCCP and CTI packets. Read the full article. The H Security...