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WASHINGTON: Siri, WeChat and other voice- based smartphone apps can expose you to voice hacking, warn scientists who are developing a new app to stop the growing security threat. With just a few minutes of audio samples, attackers can replay your voice convincingly enough to trick people as well as top digital security systems, researchers said. The consequences, from impersonating you with your friends to dipping into your bank account, are terrifying, they said. Using only tools already on smartphones, a team of engineers led by University at Buffalo in the US is creating an app to stop voice hacking. A prototype proved highly accurate in stopping machine- based voice impersonation attacks, researchers said. "Every aspect of your life is now on your phone," said Kui Ren, director of the Ubiquitous Security and Privacy Research Laboratory (UbiSeC) at UB. "That is your security hub. It is really critical now. Hackers are out there, more than you can imagine. There is a whole … [Read more...] about Do you use Siri or WeChat? You might be exposed to voice-hacking

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