A prompt injection flaw in Google Gemini’s voice assistant let attackers hide malicious commands in notifications, enabling social engineering and more.
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Malicious Notifications Could Trick Google Gemini Users
A prompt injection flaw in Google Gemini’s voice assistant let attackers hide malicious commands in notifications, enabling social engineering and more.
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The Church and AI Meet at Last. Who Should You Believe?
In an age of artificial intelligence, which voice of authority carries more weight? A priest who’s advised the Vatican weighs in.
AI, Global Security News, privacy
Discord adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls by default
Discord now enables end-to-end encryption by default for all voice and video calls, making conversations inaccessible even to the platform itself. No announcement fanfare, no opt-in required, no settings to dig through. Discord flipped a switch on Monday and end-to-end encryption is now the default for every voice and video call on the platform. If…
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Discord rolls out end-to-end encryption on voice, video calls
Discord announced that all voice and video calls through the communication platform are now protected by default with end-to-end encryption (E2EE). […]
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The end of unencrypted Discord calls is here
Discord has protected voice and video calls in DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default. The company began experimenting with E2EE for voice and video in 2023, starting a long-term effort. End-to-end encryption allows only participants in a call to access its content, while Discord does not…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
AI Voice Cloning: The Technology Behind It, Who’s Building It, and Where It’s Headed
Explore AI voice cloning technology, leading companies, real-world uses, ethical risks, and future trends shaping synthetic voices.
AI, Global Security News
New ATHR vishing platform uses AI voice agents for automated attacks
A new cybercrime platform called ATHR can harvest credentials via fully automated voice phishing attacks that use both human operators and AI agents for the social engineering phase. […]
AI, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Hybrid Vishing Campaigns Abuse Online Services to Evade Anti-Spam Filters
Phone-based fraud never went away. It evolved. Vishing, or voice phishing, is a social engineering technique that uses phone calls to extract money or sensitive information from victims. A few years ago, these attacks typically arrived as unsolicited calls from criminals impersonating the IRS, the FBI, or Microsoft support. The approach was simple and high…
AI, Global Security News
Salesforce Introduces Agentic Contact Center for AI, Channels, and CRM
Salesforce has unveiled the new Agentforce Contact Center, a contact center solution to unify voice, digital channels, CRM data, and AI agents into a single system. Salesforce promises customer self-service and AI-human handoff at scale The new solution enables customer self-service at scale, seamless AI-to-human handoffs, and real-time visibility across interactions. The solution is built…
AI, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
Ad Tech Firm Optimizely Investigates Vishing Incident
Ad tech firm Optimizely is notifying customers after a voice phishing attack led to unauthorized access to some of its internal systems. The company says threat actors obtained limited business contact information but did not access sensitive customer data or disrupt operations. “The threat actor gained access to Optimizely’s systems through a sophisticated voice-phishing attack,…
AI, Europe, Global Security News
Consumers feel less judged by AI debt collectors
Debt collection agencies are starting to use automated voice systems and AI-driven messaging to handle consumer calls. These systems help scale outreach, reduce call center staffing demands, and offer 24/7 service. A new study covering 11 European countries found that this shift changes how consumers emotionally experience debt collection, especially around stigma and empathy. The…
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security
SpaceX Joins Pentagon’s $100M Voice-Controlled Drone Challenge
The race to command drone swarms by voice has begun. SpaceX is competing in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to develop software that allows battlefield commanders to control large fleets of autonomous drones using plain-language commands, according to Bloomberg. The initiative, led by the Defense Innovation Unit, is designed as a fast-moving competition to…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Global Security News, News, privacy
DuckDuckGo enables AI voice chat without saving voice data
DuckDuckGo has added voice chat to Duck.ai, allowing users to speak to an AI assistant while keeping audio private, unrecorded, and excluded from AI training. Voice chat is available in the DuckDuckGo browser and most third-party browsers, with support for Mozilla listed as coming soon. According to the company’s help page, “DuckDuckGo limits access to…