A newly uncovered hacking technique uses malicious subtitle files to take control of a user's system, preying on popular media player software including VLC, Kodi, and Popcorn Time.

I was watching a movie that needed subtitles for parts of it, and no matter how I named the files, Media Player Classic would not display them.I downloaded VLC and loaded up the files, and was ...

It's common to see subtitle files (usually a .srt or .sub) included in torrents and other less-than-legal movie downloads, so people tend to simply ignore them. You can load this file into most ...

Check Point Security Labs has uncovered a new hacking technique that utilizes malicious subtitle files to seize control of users' systems.

Checkpoint found that malformed subtitle files can give hackers the ability to embed code into subtitle files popular with pirated movies and TV.

Hi, I'm trying to get subtitles in mkv files to show up in winamp. I can watch the video and hear the audio just fine, I just can't see the subtitles. I can see them in media player classic; but ...

If you download subtitle (SRT) files separately from a movie on your hard drive, free web service EndlessSubtitles will help you get them in sync.If y ...

Video files can contain a link to a separate subtitle file, which VLC automatically loads when it plays the video. An attacker could use the buffer overflow flaw in VLC to execute malicious code ...

Our goal has always been to make CapMate™the go-to service for anyone who needs to verify and correct their caption and subtitle files. With addition of the ‘missing caption’ detection, we are taking ...

Roadshow has argued that pirated subtitle files infringe the copyright of literary works of screenplays.