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Subtitles Open You Up to Hackers When Using Popular Media Pl

 
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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2017 4:00 am    Post subject: Subtitles Open You Up to Hackers When Using Popular Media Pl Reply with quote
On Tuesday, security research firm Checkpoint announced that its team had discovered a new vulnerability in numerous media players that allows a hacker to take full control of any device when a malicious subtitle file is used. The firm estimates 200 million people are potentially at risk. To be clear, if you're using a media pla...read more
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