This was originally posted on 4 March 2022
I put this more academic article up, as a Saturday read, for some background into home automation and smart devices:
Home automation and Smart Devices – some questions to be answered – Smart Thinking Solutions
Now today there is an article on The Register, explain how an infosec research group at The Royal Holloway University of London, discovered how to exploit a vulnerability in Amazon Alexa devices using voice commands from the device.
Amazon Alexa compromise possible through own speakers • The Register
The vulnerability has now been patched – all you need to do is make sure you have applied the updates!
Here is the original research paper:
Further Reading
Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands | Ars Technica