Amazon disables privacy option, will send your Echo voice recordings to the cloud

Amazon has announced its Echo devices will no longer have the option to store and process requests on the device itself, meaning your voice recordings will now be sent to the cloud for processing. In an email sent to customers, Amazon explained that the feature "Do Not Send Voice Recordings" will...

Earth Bogle Campaign Unleashes NjRAT Trojan on Middle East and North Africa

An ongoing campaign dubbed Earth Bogle is leveraging geopolitical-themed lures to deliver the NjRAT remote access trojan to victims across the Middle East and North Africa. "The threat actor uses public cloud storage services such as files.fm and failiem.lv to host malware, while compromised web...

Detailed: Here's How Iran Spies on Dissidents with the Help of Hackers

Twin cyber operations conducted by state-sponsored Iranian threat actors demonstrate their continued focus on compiling detailed dossiers on Iranian citizens that could threaten the stability of the Islamic Republic, including dissidents, opposition forces, and ISIS supporters, and Kurdish native...

How to Keep Your Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Voice Recordings Private

Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant now all give you ways to opt out of human transcription of your voice snippets. Do it...

Apple Suspends Siri Program After Privacy Backlash

Apple is suspending a program that lets contractors listen in on Siri voice recordings after facing a rain of backlash regarding the privacy implications of the program. The suspension comes after a report in The Guardian last week outlining how contractors regularly listen to intimate voice...

Amazon Admits Alexa Voice Recordings Saved Indefinitely

Amazon has acknowledged that it retains the voice recordings and transcripts of customers’ interactions with its Alexa voice assistant indefinitely. The admission raises questions about how long companies should be able to save highly-personal data collected from voice assistant devices. After U....

Amazon Auditors Listen to Echo Recordings, Report Says

Amazon is under fire after a bombshell report revealed the company employs thousands of auditors to listen to Echo users’ voice recordings. The team exists to help improve Amazon Alexa’s comprehension of human speech, so the voice command device responds better to commands, according to a Wednesd...

Internet-Connected Teddy Bear Leaks Millions Of Voice Messages and Password

Every parent should think twice before handing out Internet-connected toys or smart toys to their children, as these creepy toys pose a different sort of danger: privacy and data security risks for kids who play with them. This same incident was happened over a year ago when Hong Kong toymaker...

Google Records and Store Your Voice — Here's How to Listen and Delete It

OK, Google is Listening… and Recording too. Google is not just listening to your searches, but the search engine is also recording and storing every single voice search you make. Google is incredibly accurate at understanding your voice. The company secretly stores its users' searches from its...

SEC Consult SA-20140528-0 :: Root Backdoor & Unauthenticated access to voice recordings in NICE Recording eXpress

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory 20140528-0 ======================================================================= title: Root Backdoor & Unauthenticated access to voice recordings product: NICE Recording eXpress voice recording soluti...

Remotely Exploitable Flaws Haunt Lawful Intercept Surveillance Gear

UPDATE–The small, but growing, group of companies that supply so-called lawful intercept gear to intelligence agencies and law enforcement organizations around the world have operated mostly under the radar until very recently. Their products are used to record and scrutinize the communications o...

SEC Consult SA-20120220-0 :: Multiple critical vulnerabilities in VOXTRONIC voxlog professional

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory 20120220-0 ======================================================================= title: Multiple critical vulnerabilities product: VOXTRONIC voxlog professional - voice recording solution vulnerable version: VOXTRONIC voxlog professional = 3.7.2.7...