Exploiting smartphone cables as antennae that receive silent, pwning voice commands
by Cory Doctorow from on (#QVY9)
In IEMI Threats for Information Security: Remote Command Injection on Modern Smartphones, French government infosec researchers Josi(C) Lopes Esteves and Chaouki Kasmi demonstrated a clever attack on smartphones that sent silent voice commands to OK Google and Siri by converting them to radio-waves and tricking headphone cables into acting as antennas. (more")