New Delhi: Quiet ban by the government in India on the open source, cross-platform VLC media player website may be a result of “China connection” as a hacker group with Beijing VLC media player with malware to hack VLC media player. infiltrates. ,
According to cyber security researcher At Symantec, cicada victims are found in India, the US, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong and many other countries.
In April, the cicada group attacked several countries, targeting high-profile victims.
Symantec researchers found that China-based attackers used VLC media player to install malware on compromised devices.
VLC media player has been banned by all the major internet service providers in the country. However, the video streaming provider can be accessed on a phone or laptop using any VPN service.
It is also available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
There is no official word yet from the government as to why access to the VLC website has been restricted in the country.
VLC Media Player is developed by VideoLAN Project.
VLC supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, Video CD, and streaming protocols.
This computer is capable of streaming media over a network and can transcode multimedia files.
VLC, like most multimedia frameworks, has a very modular design that makes it easy to incorporate modules/plugins for new file formats, codecs, interfaces or streaming methods.