Tag Archives: VLC Player

Cicada: Chinese hackers abuse the VLC player for espionage via DLL side-loading, among other things

[German]Security researchers from Symantec have tracked down a malware campaign (Cicada) that has been running for years. A Chinese state-affiliated hacker group is abusing legitimate applications such as VLC Player to inject malware into systems via DLL side-loading. The goal … Continue reading

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VLC 3.0.14 released

[German]The developers of the VLC Player have just released version 3.0.14 for Linux, macOS and Windows. After the somewhat "delayed" version 3.0.14, this is only a minimal maintenance update, which should fix bugs. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

VLC Player 3.0.12 and 3.0.12.1 for Mac M1

[German]The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.12 for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is only a maintenance update, which should fix bugs and security gaps. For Macs with M2 chip, however, there is the version 3.0.12.1 of … Continue reading

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No vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in VLC player?

Uncertainty about the reported remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2019-13615 in the VLC player. It's supposed to be a patch in the works, but the VideoLAN project states that the reported vulnerability cannot be reproduced. I added the topic to the … Continue reading

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Critical vulnerability in VLC player up to V3.0.7.1

[German]In all current versions of the VLC Player up to V3.0.7.1, there is a critical vulnerability that allows a Denial of Service attack. The German BSI has issued a warning. Update: This was a false flag – there was no … Continue reading

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VLC Media Player 3.0.7.1: Green flickering bug fix update

[German]The developers of VideoLan released the VLC Player version 3.0.7.1 for Linux, macOS and Windows last night. It is a maintenance update which fixes the bug that during mpeg video playing a green flickering is displayed. Advertising

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VLC Media Player 3.0.7 released

[German]The developers of VideoLan released the VLC Player version 3.0.7 for Linux, macOS and Windows a few days ago (June 6, 2019). This version closes some vulnerabilities of the previous versions. Advertising

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