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Why govt banned VLC media player and is there link to Chinese hackers?

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The government of India banned several Chinese apps including VLC Media Player six months ago, reported Indian Express. However, the android version of the application is still available on Google playstore and iOS app store for existing users. New users are not allowed to download the app.


There has been a sharp uptick in cyberattack cases in the country since the beginning of this year. Over 670,000 cases were filed in India till June this year, Ajay Kuma Mishra, Minister of State for Home Affairs of India cited while replying to a question in Lok Sabha.


Personal computers and smartphones that already have VLC media player installed face no issues in running the application. However, the application can still be accessed using VPN services. Moreover, the offline executable setup file can still be installed in the desktops and laptops, said an Indian Express report.


The application started in France and developed by VideoLAN, has a very modular design, which enables it to include modules/plugins for new file formats, codecs, interfaces or streaming methods. It supports audio and video compression methods and file formats including Video CD, DVD-Video and streaming protocols. It transcodes multimedia files and streams media over computer networks.


The website stopped functioning a few months back but came to user’s notice very late.


Gagandeep Sapra, a twitter user displays through his tweet, what description a user gets when he/she tries to download the app. His tweet mentions, “The website has been blocked as per order of the Ministry of Electronics and Information technology under IT Act,2000,” as reported by IE.


According to the section 69A of the IT Act 2000, the Union government has the power to ban/restrict applications and websites that threaten security, integrity and sovereignty of the nation, following due procedure.


The VLC media player was infiltrated with malware by a hacker group named ‘Cicada’ with Chinese links. Some reports mentioned the reason behind the ban of the player — its link with China. Indian user data was being sent abroad and cyberattacks were launched in…

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VideoLAN media player challenges Indian ban • The Register

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Developers of the open source VideoLAN media player have started sniping at India’s government over an apparent block on the project’s website.

VideoLAN, aka VLC, develops a media player and transcriber famed for playing and transcoding almost any media format, and doing so quickly through a pleasant interface. The project claims its wares have been downloaded over four billion times.

But for the last few months, would-be users located in India have not been able to download from videolan.org, which has been inaccessible for users of some ISPs and in some states.

Governments and ISPs have offered no explanation for the site’s inaccessibility.

One theory relates to the fact that, in April 2022, Symantec suggested a China-linked crime gang named Cicada was conducting a global espionage campaign using tools including attacks on VideoLAN.

India has banned hundreds of Chinese apps, so blocking videloan.org makes some sense in that context.

As VideoLAN is open source, it’s also possible to create fake versions of the software and embed malware. The project has also had security issues involving opening poisoned media files – but largely blamed them on a dependency rather than its own efforts.

Indian blocks of VideoLAN went largely unnoticed for weeks, until last weekend when Indian media reported on the matter. VideoLAN sprang into action on Twitter.

India’s Internet Freedom Foundation then revealed it had been asking questions about the ban, to no avail.

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Coalition targets being core market player with broker only UK cyber insurance launch

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The business revealed yesterday that it was entering the UK market in a partnership with Allianz. The arrangement also sees Allianz take a share of Coalition’s US cyber book.

The UK launch is scheduled for September.

Motta declined to put an “arbitrary premium figure” forward saying it was aiming at “getting as many customers” and “capturing” as much market share in the UK as it can.

The expansion marks Coalition’s first move outside of the US and Canada. Formed in 2017 it launched 1 January

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IoT 5G Security: Market 2022 Huge Demand by Globally with Top Key Player

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IoT 5G Security Market 2022 This research report provides Impact of Latest Market Disruptions such as Russia-Ukraine WAR and COVID-19 Outbreak study accumulated to offer Latest insights about acute features of the IoT 5G Security Market. This intelligence report includes investigations based on Current scenarios, Historical records, and Future predictions. The report contains different market predictions related to market size, revenue, production, CAGR, Consumption, gross margin, diagrams, graphs, pie charts, price, and other substantial factors. While emphasizing the key driving and restraining forces for this market, the report also offers a complete study of the future trends and developments of the market. It also examines the role of the leading market players involved in the industry including their corporate overview, financial summary and SWOT analysis. It presents the 360-degree overview of the competitive landscape of the industries. IoT 5G Security Market is showing steady growth and CAGR is expected to improve during the forecast period.
The key players included in the IoT 5G Security research report includes – 

Ericsson
Palo Alto Networks
Cisco
Allot
Huawei
A10 Networks
Nokia
F5 Networks
Juniper Networks
Spirent
Fortinet
Mobileum
Trend Micro
ZTE
Akamai
Colt Technology
CLAVISTER
Radware
AT&T
Riscure
Avast
G+D Mobile Security
Check Point
ForgeRock
Positive Technologies
Cellwise
Banu Networks
Suavei
Cachengo

 

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Analysis on the overall impact of Covid – 19 on the globe which will include quantitative data wherein we include the estimated gap in the market size (negative or positive) due to the pandemic.

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