CyberLink

CyberLink Corp. (Chinese: 訊連科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Xùnlián Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese multimedia software company headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Its products include PC and mobile applications for playback of movies and media, editing of videos and photos, and disc burning and backup solutions.

CyberLink Corp.
訊連科技股份有限公司

Company type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 5203
Industry	Computer software
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters	Xindian District, New Taipei , Taiwan
Key people	Jau Huang (Chairman and CEO) Mei Guu (President) Vincent Lin (President) Hilda Peng
Revenue	NT$1.89 billion[1]
Website	www.cyberlink.com

The company has regional offices in the United States, Netherlands, and Japan.

History

Founded in 1996, CyberLink Corp. creates multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology. The company developed and owns over 200 patented technologies.^{[citation needed]}

CyberLink's headquarters and research facilities are located in Taipei, Taiwan. Regional offices cover operations in North America, Japan, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Products

Media creation

• PowerDirector – Video editing software, was first released in 2001^[2]
• PhotoDirector – Photo editing software
• AudioDirector – Audio editing software, audio restoration and repair
• ColorDirector – Color grading software
• Director Suite – CyberLink first released its Director Suite of creative software in 2011. It includes PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, AudioDirector and ColorDirector in a single package.
• CyberLink Media Suite – A multimedia software package including media player PowerDVD, video editing software PowerDirector, photo editing software PhotoDirector, disc burning utility Power2Go, and media conversion utility MediaEspresso
• ActionDirector – Video editing software designed for quick editing of footage taken with action cameras
• MakeupDirector – Digital makeup software to enhance makeup design for makeup artists, portrait photographers and beauty enthusiasts

Media entertainment

• PowerDVD – A universal media player for movie discs, video files, photos and music. In 2016, PowerDVD achieved certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) for the playback of Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs, and became the first software player to pass the BD-ROM 4.0 PC Application Software License process.^[3]
• MediaShow – Image organiser and viewer
• MediaEspresso – Converts videos, photos and music to a wide range of formats for playback on popular media players and mobile devices

Web camera apps

• YouCam – Webcam and camera app
• PerfectCam – AR makeup app for PC webcam

Disc burning and authoring

• Power2Go – Disc burning and optical disc authoring software
• PowerProducer – DVD authoring software

Business communication

• U Messenger – Instant Messenger
• U Meeting – Video conferencing and meeting
• U Webinar – Remote presentation and webinar

Facial recognition and AI

• FaceMe – Facial recognition engine

Ranked one of the best in the NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (VISA and WILD tests) with up to 99.7% accuracy rate.^{[4][non-primary source needed]}

Mobile apps

CyberLink released its first mobile app, MediaStory, in 2010. Since then, the company has introduced another 14 apps on Android, iOS and Windows mobile platforms, including PhotoDirector and PowerDirector. CyberLink spun off its beauty products to a sister company named Perfect Corp. in June 2015.^[5]

• PowerDirector
• PhotoDirector
• ActionDirector
• YouCam Snap
• Power Media Player
• PowerDVD Remote
• YouNote
• AudioClipper
• ImageChef

2023 Security Breach

In late October 2023 Cyber Link was remotely infiltrated by Lazarus Group (aka Diamond Sleet). The attackers were able to steal a software signing key, and insert the malware "LambLoad" into authentically signed copies of CyberLinks software updates. The full extent of damage done via the resulting supply chain attack is yet to be determined.^[6]

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan

References

1. "CyberLink Announces its Unaudited Operation Results for 2016".
2. "CyberLink PowerDirector". PCMAG. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
3. "First Production Model ROM Certified Licensee List". Blu-ray Disc Association. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
4. "CyberLink FaceMe® Tops Facial Recognition Vendor Test – Company Announcement - FT.com". markets.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
5. "CyberLink subsidiary Perfect Corp prepares for Nasdaq public listing with merger | Biometric Update". Biometricupdate. 8 March 2022.
6. Sead Fadilpašić (2023-11-23). "Microsoft claims CyberLink has been breached by North Korean hackers". TechRadar. Retrieved 2023-11-24.

External links

• Official website
• DirectorZone site
• FaceMe