Media Players Allow Hacker Access

Media players in personal computers are the current vulnerable spot which can allow unauthorized access to your computer. So says David Thiel, senior security consultant with iSEC Partners, at a recent Black Hat hacker conference.

"The actual potential for attack is reasonably severe because nobody cares about actually playing videos from YouTube or playing music on Web pages – you can’t get music to stop playing at you," he said. "Because this stuff is launched automatically, I think the impact could be significant."
"This is the next logical place to attack," Moss said. "People know not to open strange documents, but they click on MP3s all day long."

The hope is now that these findings have been published, the companies will find the flaws in their players and patch them quickly.