Security researchers David Livshits from the Cyber Security Research Center at Ben-Gurion University and Alexandra Mikityuk of Telekom Innovation Laboratories have uncovered a flaw in Google’s Chrome web browser that could allow users to save illegal copies of movies streamed from services like Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video.
The vulnerability exists in how Google implements the Widevine EME/CDM technology used by Chrome to stream encrypted video.
On a PC with Windows 7 and the 50 version of Google Chrome, David Livshits and the Alexandra Mikityuk has shown a video of the site “demo.castlabs.com” which intercepted during the playback. Hence, this video is then saved on the hard disk in two versions, one compressed and one uncompressed, and to read it, just open the file in a media player.
EME is responsible for handling the key or license exchange between the protection systems of content providers and the CDM component of your browser. When users select a movie to play, the CDM requests a license from the provider through the EME interface. When it receives the license, the CDM is able to decrypt the video and send it to your web browser player to stream the decrypted content.
The two say they notified Google of the flaw on May 24 but the search giant has yet to issue a patch. They’ll wait at least 90 days before revealing to the public exactly how the flaw works as they don’t want people stealing movies. The good news, they note, is that it should easily be fixable via software update but that doesn’t really solve the underlying problem.
Both the experts warned that Google on May 24, but the search giant Google has yet to patch the security bug. Hence, they will wait at least 90 days before revealing to the public how the flaw actually works, since they are against movie piracy. According to them, the good news is that this should be easily fixed via a software update, but that does not really solve the underlying problem.
The vulnerability exists in how Google implements the Widevine EME/CDM technology used by Chrome to stream encrypted video.
On a PC with Windows 7 and the 50 version of Google Chrome, David Livshits and the Alexandra Mikityuk has shown a video of the site “demo.castlabs.com” which intercepted during the playback. Hence, this video is then saved on the hard disk in two versions, one compressed and one uncompressed, and to read it, just open the file in a media player.
EME is responsible for handling the key or license exchange between the protection systems of content providers and the CDM component of your browser. When users select a movie to play, the CDM requests a license from the provider through the EME interface. When it receives the license, the CDM is able to decrypt the video and send it to your web browser player to stream the decrypted content.
The two say they notified Google of the flaw on May 24 but the search giant has yet to issue a patch. They’ll wait at least 90 days before revealing to the public exactly how the flaw works as they don’t want people stealing movies. The good news, they note, is that it should easily be fixable via software update but that doesn’t really solve the underlying problem.
Both the experts warned that Google on May 24, but the search giant Google has yet to patch the security bug. Hence, they will wait at least 90 days before revealing to the public how the flaw actually works, since they are against movie piracy. According to them, the good news is that this should be easily fixed via a software update, but that does not really solve the underlying problem.
Chrome Bug Allows You to Illegally Download Movies from Netflix and Amazon Prime
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