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Beware! Chinese Hackers Are Using VLC Media Player To Spy On You – WorldNewsEra

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ttt VLC is a fairly popular media player. The fact that it takes minimal space on PCs, loads faster and works with almost every video format makes it a fan favourite. Now, a new report suggests that scammers are using its popularity to launch malware attacks on users. Also Read – Alert! This malware in disguise can take away all the money using your Android phoneAccording to a report by Symantecu2019s cybersecurity researchers, a state-sponsored Chinese group called Cicada or APT10 is using VLC Media Player on Windows PCs to launch malware for spying on government, legal, religious, telecom, pharmaceutical…

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