Hidden audio signals can hijack AI voice assistants into performing unauthorized actions, researchers show
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Security researchers have demonstrated a new type of cyberattack where hidden audio signals embedded in music, videos, podcasts, and voice calls can manipulate AI voice assistants into performing unauthorized actions like web searches, file downloads, and sending emails — all without users hearing anything unusual. The attack exploits vulnerabilities in how voice assistants process audio, allowing malicious commands to be hidden in seemingly normal sounds such as background music on Zoom calls or audio tracks in YouTube clips.
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· 3 pulledIn one theoretical scenario, an employee joins a Zoom call where soft background music plays beneath a presentation.
To everyone on the call, the audio sounds normal, maybe just a little more of an echo than usual, but hidden inside the sound is a malicious
Hidden audio signals embedded in music, video ands and voice calls can hijack AI assistants into performing unauthorized actions – including web searchers, file downloads and sending emails – without users hearing a thing.
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