Vulnerability in Google Home Speaker Allowed Eavesdropping

A vulnerability in Google Home speakers could have allowed threat actors to remotely listen in on user conversations. The issue was reported to Google by security researcher Matt Kunze, who won a bug bounty of $107,500. According to Kunze’s technical summary of the flaw, an attacker within wireless proximity might potentially install a ‘backdoor’ account […]

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