2022-08-18
1/ No idea why VLC is banned. -> VLC is french project not Chinese. -> For those taking about Cicada malware campaign, plz understand that a very outdated is vulnerable to DLL Hijacking (patched in 2010) and the threat actor need to install outdated VLC version for that attack.
TechCrunch
VideoLan, which develops VLC, says Indian telecom operators have been blocking its website since February 2022; India has 10% of VLC users worldwide
VideoLan, the developer of popular media player VLC, says Indian telecom operators have been blocking its website since February of this year …
2022-07-27
1/ BREAKING: Chinese rootkits found in motherboards of ASUS and GIGABYTE (the two Chinese 🇨🇳 giants). Kaspersky Researchers named it CosmicStrand. This malware being planted in the UEFI firmware image is nearly impractical to be detected or removed by even advanced tech users.
Ars Technica
Kaspersky researchers find a malicious UEFI-based rootkit used in the wild since 2016 that keeps PCs infected after an OS reinstall or a hard drive replacement
Turns out they're not all that rare. We just don't know how to find them. — Researchers have unpacked a major cybersecurity find … Source: Securelist .