Smart devices such as Google Home and Amazon Echo could be transformed into surveillance tools that track your every move, according to scientists. The CovertBand tracking system uses the built-in ...

Researchers warned that CovertBand could be used by a variety of threat actors, including covert government spies iStock The attack, dubbed CovertBand, could allow hackers to track movements to guess ...

New research published this week by researchers from the University of Washington shows how an attacker could track a user's movements using speakers and microphones that come with computers, laptops, ...

Malware on your smartphone – or other smart device – could someday be used to track your body position or identify your movements within a room. That's the conclusion reached by researchers at the ...

Aug. 16 (UPI) --Computer science students at the University of Washington have found a way to remotely hack into people's personal devices, such as cell phones and smart TV's, to track individual ...

Hackers can turn smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs into surveillance tools by exploiting their built-in microphones, according to a new study out of the University of Washington. With the device ...

As smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart devices become more prevalent in our lives, computer scientists have raised concerns that these network-enabled devices, if not properly secured, ...

Hackers could use a sonar-based attack to infer information about what a target is doing, including when they might be engaging in sexual activity. The attack, known as CovertBand, is the product of ...

The researchers tested CovertBand using a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone hooked up to a portable speaker.