Researcher Finds Media Player Flaws

August 3, 2007 By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Researcher Finds Media Player Flaws (AP)

David Thiel, right, senior security consultant with San Francisco-based researcher iSEC Partners, answers a question from an attendee during the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences at the Caesars Palace hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

(AP) -- Media players in personal computers have serious vulnerabilities that could allow online criminals to attach malicious code and infect computers without the user's knowledge, a researcher said Thursday.

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