If you use Kodi, you may have noticed that a popular, Dutch repository for third-party add-ons, XvBMC, was recently shut down upon copyright-infringement warnings. Following the shutdown, we ...

The once-popular Kodi addon repository TVAddons is in serious trouble. The unofficial source for addons to legal streaming service Kodi has long been used as a repository for addons which can be ...

Kodi lives on, but some of the developers behind a few of the more nefarious addons for the service are now out of the game. Or so they've suggested. Cease and desist letters have been sent to ...

A recent cryptomining campaign shows criminal ingenuity. The Kodi media player has emerged as a malware distribution platform for cybercriminals, recently becoming the target for a cryptomining ...

Some unofficial repositories for Kodi open-source media player serve a modified add-on that leads to downloading cryptomining malware on Windows and Linux platforms. Security researchers discovered a ...

What just happened? Unofficial repositories serving third-party add-ons for open source media player Kodi have been serving malicious cryptocurrency mining malware for several months. Fewer than 5,000 ...