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A Taxonomy of Attacks via the Speech Interface

Authors:
Mary K. Bispham
Ioannis Agrafiotis
Michael Goldsmith

Keywords: cyber security; human-computer interaction; voice-controlled digital assistants; speech interface.

Abstract:
This paper investigates the security of human-computer interaction via a speech interface. The use of speech interfaces for human-computer interaction is becoming more widespread, particularly in the form of voice-controlled digital assistants. We argue that this development represents new security vulnerabilities which have yet to be comprehensively investigated and addressed. This paper presents a comprehensive review of prior work in this area to date. Based on this review, we propose a high level taxonomy of attacks via the speech interface. Our taxonomy systematises the prior work on the security of voice-controlled digital assistants, and identifies new categories of potential attacks which have yet to be investigated and thus represent a focus for future research.

Pages: 7 to 14

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: November 18, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8599

ISBN: 978-1-61208-683-5

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from November 18, 2018 to November 22, 2018