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 ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

At the end of July, the Dutch developer/manager Z ceased his Kodi repository XvBMC-NL after the bailiff served a summons from Brein. On the Facebook and Github pages of the developers, it know states ...

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 ...

Many of us know of Kodi, a very popular open-source media player used to pirate TV shows and movies. This software has been added to set-top boxes worldwide to give the impression that Kodi is a haven ...

08:41, Tue, Oct 31, 2017 Updated: 08:41, Tue, Oct 31, 2017 Kodi users may have accidentally installed anti-piracy software to their media player. The software checks whether the add-ons installed with ...