Chinese Hacking Gangs Use Vlc Media Player For Malware Attacks
VLC is one of the most popular media players on both desktop and mobile platforms. However, it seems that this software is poisoned by Chinese hacking gangs and now acts as a malware spreader. As per the Android Police report (via Symantec), a Chinese hacking group called Cicada (aka Stone Panda or APT10) uses VLC on Windows systems to target governments and organizations with malware attacks. Also, most of the victims are located in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Turkey, Israel, India, Montenegro, and Italy....