New Vulnerabilities in VLC Allow Hackers to Access Your Computer

If you have VLC media player on your computer, you must immediately upgrade to its latest version, 3.0.7 and above. There are two new exploits that are allowing hackers to use the vulnerable older versions of VLC to crash your system and remotely execute their codes. The modus operandi is very typical. After you unsuspectingly download an AVI or MKV attack file, it will give the hackers full control of your computer whenever you play a video on VLC. These attack files can originate from video torrents as well as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Sound dangerous? Well, it… Read more