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https://cds.cdm.depaul.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rj3bEUyums0.jpg750499Talk Overview Malexa is an intelligent voice assistant with a simple and seemingly legitimate third-party skill that delivers news briefings to users. The twist, however, is that Malexa covertly rewords these briefings to introduce misperception about the reported events intentionally. This covert rewording is what we call an Ambient Tactical Read More...