Better watch out where you download your subtitles from: It turns out attackers can infect subtitles with malicious code to exploit vulnerabilities in popular media players and take control of your device Researchers from security firm Check Point have discovered an unusual attack vector that relies on surreptitiously inserting malware in subtitle files to perform cyberattacks.

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