Media players in personal computers have serious vulnerabilities that could allow online criminals to attach malicious code and infect computers without the user's knowledge, a researcher said Thursday. As a result, audio and video downloads can be turned into digital weapons that hackers could use to hijack or corrupt computers, said David Thiel, senior security consultant with San Francisco-based researcher iSEC Partners.
August 03, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Media players in personal computers have serious vulnerabilities that could allow online criminals to attach malicious code and infect computers without the user’s knowledge, a researcher said Thursday.
As a result, audio and video downloads can be turned into digital weapons that hackers could use to hijack or corrupt computers, said David Thiel, senior security consultant with San Francisco-based researcher iSEC Partners.
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