Popcorn Time’s forgotten updater left millions of devices exposed to hijacking

Summary by Cyber Security News26 Oct 2026, 14:48 CET

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You may have forgotten about Popcorn Time. Unfortunately, its updater didn’t forget about your device. Security researchers have intervened to disable an abandoned update mechanism in Time4Popcorn, a version of the once-popular streaming app.

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