Hackers Can Now Break Into Your Phone Using Music

Published on April 29, 2017
795

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! New research shows sound waves can manipulate the accelerometer in your phone; what implications does this have for data security?

Why It’s So Hard For The Government To Hack Your Phone – https://youtu.be/W_t04ggLUyo
Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here – http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout!

Read More:

Hackers Use Phone Network to Cut Jeep’s Brakes
https://www.seeker.com/hackers-use-phone-network-to-cut-jeeps-brakes-1770042700.html
“It sounds like something out of a contemporary ghost story. Our main character is driving 70 miles per hour down a highway in a Jeep Cherokee when suddenly the brakes stop working, the A/C system starts blasting cold air on high, the windshield wipers go haywire, the accelerator is rendered unusable and the radio switches to a Kanye West song. The horror!”

What Hackers Really Want With Your Data
https://www.seeker.com/what-hackers-really-want-with-your-data-1792546349.html
“For the 2016 fiscal year, President Obama officially proposed a $14 Billion dollar budget dedicated to protecting the government from cyber crime. Can the United States stop cyber crime?”

It’s Possible to Hack a Phone With Sound Waves, Researchers Show
https://nyti.ms/2nhQAnI
“A security loophole that would allow someone to add extra steps to the counter on your Fitbit monitor might seem harmless. But researchers say it points to the broader risks that come with technology’s embedding into the nooks of our lives.”

____________________

Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure.

Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/

Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel

Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker

Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez

Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/

Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews

Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

Special thanks to Sapna Parikh for hosting this episode of Seeker!
Check Sapna out on Twitter: http://twitter.com/sapna_parikh

Written by: Julian Huguet

View More »
Category Tags:
CCTubes - get your videos captioned!