VideoLAN has released an updated version of its VLC Player to fix over a dozen bugs. Two high-risk vulnerabilities in the VLC media player could allow an adversary to craft a malicious .MKV video file ...

VLC is one of the apps I install on my computers as soon as I boot them up for the first time. VLC is an open source media player that can play essentially any video or audio file you throw at it. I ...

There is a strong possibility that if you're reading this website, you are familiar with VLC Media Player. The popular application, which bundles important codecs along with the player rather than ...

VLC returns after a year with RC1 update, adding Windows on Arm support, new codecs, security fixes, and surprising Windows ...

As per a news story by Bleeping Computer, security researchers discovered that hackers who are reportedly backed by the Chinese government have been using VLC Media Player to launch their cyberattacks ...

VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.11, and it is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. In addition to bug fixes and improvements, this release also fixes a security vulnerability that ...

Why it matters: VLC is universally regarded as one of the best (if not the best) media players available today. A new version released a couple of days ago brings further improvements for the ...

UPDATE (July 24th, 2019) The issue has taken a rather unexpected twist after the vulnerability was disclosed, with VideoLAN dismissing the bug reports and lambasting MITRE in the process. Minutes ago, ...

Looking for a Windows video player that looks nice, is easy to use, and supports every media file you can imagine? Screenbox is a free and open source application that fits perfectly in Windows 11. It ...

Update 12.37 BST: VideoLAN pointed ZDNet towards a Twitter feed in response, saying that "there is no security issue in [the] last version of VLC," and instead, a mistake from MITRE and CERT_BUND is ...